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Intro
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Verse: 1
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To cheat on Maine islands — days of laughter, nights of sighing
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To love without ceasing — flowering orchards, salty sea-things
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To say without shyness “unreal city, you have killed me”
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When you walked out on her love was it easy?
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When I left him while sleeping was I dreaming?
Verse: 2
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We take each night's journey to the hotel in a hurry
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Where we love without worry on a bed that's five days dirty
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And we read without irony from a book my husband bought for me
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When I fell on the concrete it was lovely
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Because you could see what's been running so hot in me
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But when I fell on the concrete, you went white as a sheet
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And wished that nothing in this world would ever hurt me. Well, keep wishing
Verse: 3
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Because when I look in my future, I don't see you and don't wish to
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Idle talk made when I'm lying by your side on some Maine island
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It's too funny to me, honey, so let's drop it
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If you really want to love me, well, then do it
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If you really want to love me, well, then do it