Key: G major
Verse 1
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So here she's actin' happy in
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side her handsome home
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And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi,
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takin' tips and gettin' stoned
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Verse 2
I got into town a little early
Had eight hours to kill before the show
First I thought about heading
up north of the bay
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Then I knew where I had to go
I thought about taking a limousine
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Or at least a fancy car
But I ended up taking a taxi
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'Cause that's how I got this far
Verse 3
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Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain
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Hitting 16Parkside Lane
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Verse 4
The driveway was the same
as I remembered
And a butler came and
answered the door
He just shook his head when I
asked for her
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here anymore"
But he offered to give me the address
That they were forwarding her letters to
I just took it and returned to
the cabbie and said
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"I got one more fare for you"
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Verse 5
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Up to a five-storey old old brownstone
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The buzzer said somebody's
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home
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Was like an old joke told by a friend
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And I watched the corners start to bend
And she said,
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"How are you Harry?
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I said, "It's so good to see you, Sue
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Had to play it out just once more"
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Play it out just once more
Interlude 2
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Verse 7
flying high on my radio"
I answered "It's not all it seems"
That's when she laughed and she said,
"It's better sometimes
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When we don't get to touch our
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dreams"
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Verse 8
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"That was somebody else"
Interlude 4
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Gdim
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Verse 9
Talking about where we'd been
We talked of the tiny difference
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We talked 'cause talking tells you things
Like what you really are
Interlude 5
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Verse 10
She said, "No, I work at night"
I said, "We've gotten too damn
good at leaving, Sue"
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She said, "Harry,
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Verse 11
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Don't ask me if I made love to her
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If I answered at all I'd lie
Interlude 6
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Verse 12
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So I thought about her as I sang that night
And how the circle keeps rolling around
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How I act as I'm facing the footlights
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Verse 13
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I guess it's a sequel to our story
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And half thinkin' just as well
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I guess only time will tell
Outro 1
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