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The thermometer ran out of numbers |
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When it reached fifty degrees |
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I just lay down on the floor |
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With a bag of frozen peas |
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We saw plumes of smoke |
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Rising in the distance from our balcony |
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I poured a glass of wine |
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Sucked the juice out of a kiwi |
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Catherine turned on the TV |
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They showed acres after acres |
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Of absolutely nothing |
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And then Stevie called and said |
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Are you watching what I'm watching? |
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I said I'm watching what you're watching |
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Oh what is it I'm watching |
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The night before I had been bored |
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My legs had been restless |
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It was my birthday |
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I'd already opened up my presents |
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At the social club I met some friends |
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Who were friends with this girl |
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One by one they dropped of |
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Till it was just me and her |
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We made out in every bar in town |
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While the state of Victoria |
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Burned down to the ground |
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And the sun rose over the city |
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The wind swept through the valley |
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You don't get over a broken heart |
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You just learn to carry it gracefully |
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Edinburgh gardens offered some kind of shade |
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I would pick up some beers and head down to the lake |
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Watch the possums and listen to the growling banter |
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There was one I liked especially |
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I named her Santa sentimental |
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I would offer a slice of apple from my hand |
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She would sniff it, frown, and then lumber back to the trash can |
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I was going uphill on my mountain bike |
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When I was passed by a scooter |
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You got a dollar or a cigarette |
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Hey I'm talking to you poofa |
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What I should have said was nothing |
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What I said was get lost |
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Next thing I'm upside-down |
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With my bike in the ground |
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Hitting dirt all the way home |
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Cursing the buried ground which I was chewing on |
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And the sun rose over the city |
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The wind swept through the valley |
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You don't get over a broken heart |
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You just learn to carry it gracefully |
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And that's what it's like |
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When you've had your heart broken |
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The world just shrugs it's shoulders |
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And keeps going |
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It just moves on in all it's sadness and glory |
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Oh but then you're with a friend |
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I tell them my story |
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I saw Bunny put the book back on the shelf |
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She says maybe it's time you take a look at yourself |
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No one's born an asshole |
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It takes a lot of hard work |
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And God knows I've worked my ass off |
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To be a jerk |
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So many hands I've held |
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While wondering why I felt nothing |
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Why when I let go of that hand |
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I always start to feel something |
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Like a bottle smashed against my head |
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She said I wish you would have just cheated on me instead |
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Loving without loving |
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Is always the worst crime |
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I know all the signs and signals |
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Cause now I've been on both sides |
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The way you choose your words |
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The limpness of your hand |
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I almost died when you introduced me as a friend |
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How can you call me a friend |
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If you don't love me |
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Then please have the dignity to tell me |
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I never said any of that |
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I just shook that hand and looked down at the doormat |
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And the sun rose over the city |
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The wind swept through the valley |
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You don't get over a broken heart |
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You just learn to carry it gracefully |