Original Post Date
2011-06-25 11:45 AM
Original Body
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Wersquo;ve known each/p
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Other for a/p
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Short time/p
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But it seems wersquo;ve/p
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Stuffed years into/p
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That short space/p
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He speaks of women, his/p
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Military service, more about/p
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Women, his health/p
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Womenhellip;and women again/p
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Takes 9-10 pills a/p
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Day for as many/p
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Ailments/p
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Sometimes wersquo;ll speak/p
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On politics or something/p
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Heavier and his voice/p
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Will rise/p
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At times wersquo;ll start speaking/p
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At the exact same/p
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Moment/p
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And his voice will take/p
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Off, leaving mine stuck/p
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In a series of stutters/p
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And false starts/p
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Nothing false about/p
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Him, neither teeth/p
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Nor hair or pride/p
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He doesnrsquo;t overtalk/p
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Me by intention, hersquo;s merely/p
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Been talked over most of/p
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His life/p
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Hersquo;s a 57 year old black/p
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Man from St. Louis who looks at his/p
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Life and decries his lack/p
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Of ambition/p
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If I had a little more/p
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Of this and a little more/p
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Of that, he says/p
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And I listen/p
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And pour him a little more/p
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Of this coffee and listen/p
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Some more/p
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And the birds outside/p
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Hear his voice/p
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And echo/p
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His song/p
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Ambitiously/p
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