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I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon |
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but to settle down and write you a line |
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I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota |
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hell it's been a very long time |
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You wear it well |
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A little old fashioned but that's all right |
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Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking |
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or he wouldn't get in touch with me |
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Oh I ain't begging or losing my head |
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I sure do want you to know that you wear it well |
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There ain't a lady in the land so fine |
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Remember them basement parties, your brother's karate |
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the all day rock and roll shows |
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Them homesick blues and radical views |
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haven't left a mark on you, you wear it well |
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A little out of time but I don't mind |
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But I ain't forgetting that you were once mine |
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but I blew it without even tryin' |
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Now I'm eatin' my heart out |
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tryin' to get a letter through |
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Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on |
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I'm gonna write about the birthday gown that I bought in town |
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when you sat down and cried on the stairs |
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You knew it did not cost the earth, but for what it's worth |
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You made me feel a millionaire and you wear it well |
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Madame Onassis got nothing on you |
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Anyway, my coffee's cold and I'm getting told |
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that I gotta get back to work |
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So when the sun goes low and you're home all alone |
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think of me and try not to laugh and I wear it well |
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I don't object if you call collect |
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'cos I ain't forgetting that you were once mine |
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but I blew it without even tryin' |
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Now I'm eatin' my heart out tryin' to get back to you |
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After all the years I hope it's the same address |
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Since you've been gone it's hard to carry on |