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She was reading a book that she'd already read |
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Just to pass the time |
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He just sat there and stared at the |
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TV setLike he was barely alive |
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When the local news was over |
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They would climb the stairs |
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And crawl in bed underneath the covers |
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Like neither one was there |
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And it's a long, long way |
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Across the great divide |
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The songs that they once sang |
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Now echo far and wide |
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They could still get back all the love that they have lost |
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But only if they both will reach across' |
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Cause it's a long, long way |
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To the other side of the great divide |
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He was up in the attic on the |
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Fourth of |
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July'Cause they flew a flag in the yard |
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When he found some old roses she had long ago dried |
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Before they drifted apart |
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And how the years had slipped right by them |
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He didn't understand |
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He carried a petal into the kitchen |
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And he placed it in her hand |
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And it's a long, long way |
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Across the great divide |
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The songs that they once sang |
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Now echo far and wide |
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They could still get back all the love that they have lost |
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But only if they both will reach across' |
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Cause it's a long, long way |
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To the other side of the great divide |