Monkees - Carlisle Wheeling

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in a long and involved conversation with myself
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i saw precious things come into view
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when i poured through the files taken off my mental shelf
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i dusted off some memories of you
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then i thought about the time when our affair was green
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how the phoenix of our love first flapped its silken wings
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all the urgency and passion of each new day as it happened
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and how it all mellowed as it grew
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i remembered the times that our laughter would explode
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and how you would turn to hide your smile
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then the hours of silence while a perfumed candle glowed
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and both our thoughts meandered on for miles
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i remember the time i said i really had to go
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i remember the tears that filled your eyes
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then i touched your hand and told you
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that it really was a lie
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and though you never knew it , dear , i cried
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it’s amazing how time can so softly change your ways
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and make you look at things that can’t be seen
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and how the years that roll by can start you listening
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not just to what they say , but what they mean
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so forgive me , my dear , if i seem preoccupied
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and if the razor edge of youth – filled love is gone
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but we’re both a little older , our relationship has grown
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not just in how it’s shaped , but how it’s shown
fade out with
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