| Don’t recognize me, do you?
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| We’re sitting face to face.
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| Your mind is in another time
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| and in another place.
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| I saw that when your eyes met mine
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| and still you seemed unmoved.
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| You don’t recall this face at all,
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| the one you’d said you’d loved.
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| The bats are in the belfry
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| and now you’re on your own.
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| The lights are shining brightly
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| but there’s nobody home.
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| But time has gone so quickly now
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| and nothing can replace
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| all these wasted years.
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| Your friends don’t come around here,
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| the way they used to do,
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| where once there were so many
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| and now there are so few.
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| But time has gone so quickly now
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| and nothing can replace
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| all these wasted years.
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| Is that a smile upon your face?
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| You seem to be confused
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| by all these kindly strangers
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| who come to visit you.
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| The flowers on the table,
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| the pictures on the wall,
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| I thought it could be different,
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| but now I’m not so sure.
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| The bats are in the belfry
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| and now you’re on your own.
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| The lights are shining brightly
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| but there’s nobody home.
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| But time has gone so quickly now
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| and nothing can replace
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| all these wasted years.
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| Your friends don’t come around here,
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| the way they used to do,
|
| where once there were so many
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| and now there are so few.
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| But time has gone so quickly now
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| and nothing can replace
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| all these wasted years.
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| They tell me that you’re much improved,
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| but they can’t tell me why.
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| I’ve talked and talked for hours
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| and still there’s no reply. |