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[Verse 1]
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Spoke of motivation and
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Attention that I could not stand
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I'd dreamt of easy answers and
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Abandoned everything
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Said oh no, I hold them dear
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The things I left just to be here
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Such sentiments, they stuck my ears
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A taut and tinny ring

[Chorus]
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But there I was, just sitting in your room
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Some boy you barely knew
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Cars passed by outside as the conversation grew
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Somewhere out on Ditmas avenue (Ooh)

[Interlude]

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[Verse 2]
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A snowy walk, you gave me gloves
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I told you I believed in love
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It's something I've been thinking of
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These weeks you've been away
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Tried hard not to seek sublime
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In dreams of the domestic kind
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And sure we settled some in time
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I'm glad I came to stay

[Chorus]
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Family's care, you take time to convey
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We hung photos on the wall of all our friends so far away
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And said, "I hope you'll come and stay again some day"
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Yeah, we're always thinking of you (Ooh)

[Bridge]
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And on the ninth time out of ten
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You just start to begin
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To let the light shine through in brilliant blue
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And take a breath and then
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Circle 'round the sun
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Open to what comes
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Sayin' I'm still me, I'll always be
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But that don't mean I'm done

[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]
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Intimate and understood
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The way we tell these tales feels good
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We wander through the neighborhood
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Some night some other time
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Boundaries once were laundry lists
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That never captured quite the gist
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The boys we've kissed, consoled and missed
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So tenderly remind

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For now, I'm just not terribly concerned
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Except for the essence left unlearned
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And now our footsteps toward the house have turned
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Live oaks lean in early evening