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Tom Waits
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Operator, number, please:
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it's been so many years
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Will she remember my old voice
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while I fight the tears?
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Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
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this is old Tom Frost,
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And I am calling long distance,
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don't worry 'bout the cost.
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'Cause it's been forty years or more,
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now Martha please recall,
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Meet me out for coffee,
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where we'll talk about it all.
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And those were the days of roses,
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poetry and prose and Martha
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all I had was you and all you had was me.
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There was no tomorrows,
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we'd packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day.
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And I feel so much older now,
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and you're much older too,
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How's your husband?
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and how's the kids?
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you know that I got married too?
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Lucky that you found someone
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to make you feel secure,
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'Cause we were all so young and foolish,
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now we are mature.
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And those were the days of roses,
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poetry and prose and Martha
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all I had was you and all you had was me.
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There was no tomorrows,
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we'd packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day.
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And I was always so impulsive,
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I guess that I still am,
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And all that really mattered then
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was that I was a man.
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I guess that our being together
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was never meant to be.
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And Martha, Martha,
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I love you can't you see?
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And those were the days of roses,
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poetry and prose and Martha
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all I had was you and all you had was me.
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There was no tomorrows,
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we'd packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day.
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And I remember quiet evenings
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trembling close to you...
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