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remember when we'd sit around
an ol' fire
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and you'd get your guitar out to sing
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we'd sing ccr, "jersey giant,"
"don't look back in anger"
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or anything by bruce springsteen
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back when ol' anna
would throw her ol' hands up
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with her face framed by the fire
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and it got so late,
we'd take hits from a joint
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mistake shootin' stars
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for telephone wires
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and now i've grown partial
to havin' a heart full
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of memories i cannot bear
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the girls in summer clothes
and lord knows the soft scent
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of her long, dark, river washed hair
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and i think i might pack
a bag in the night
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find me some small town out west
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start over, find closure
and just say "i'm sorry"
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to that sweet girl
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who tore off that dress
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the way the moon's crestin'
over green pines
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restin' next to that coastline i rode
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it made me think of you
in the dirt out in santa fe
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and all of the good times i stole
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remember when shawn
was drunk quotin' kerouac
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remember when steve quit the band
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i don't know nothin',
but if i knew somethin'
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i'd know that i've helped all i can
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i think it's about time that i sever it
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you've never looked more
needy or desperate
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and i've never been more worried about
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the state of the world, angry girl
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the time just stays passin',
i think of my dad
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when the army and navy game's on
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and every night, i wonder
if he's proud of the man
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who threw fists that late night
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in his lawn
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i don't like bein' famous,
they tame you, then paint you
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as someone that you've never been
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and i'm pissed that my mama
can't see me singin'
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for this crowd out in deep michigan
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and i'll leave you with somethin',
don't leave with nothin'
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be safe on your long drive home
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there ain't nothin' in this
poor man's apartment
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apart from bein' alone
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i wish you were around this time of year
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every time they drop that ball
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drinkin' parkin' lot beers
while the fire disappears
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over times square and webster hall
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