ron pope – a wedding in connecticut

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C : 032010
Em : 022010
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Fmaj7 : 003210
G6 : 320010

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there was a pretty girl
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from some small suburb of dallas
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and she came up to new york with a dream

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in the confusion and the noise
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all of her beauty and her poise
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turned grey like snow beside the city street

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she met a boy named steven
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they made love in his apartment
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in a second story walk up out in queens

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and the things she hoped to find
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beneath him on that august night
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was the farthest thing from her
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as she dressed to leave

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so she hides her eyes
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says a slow goodbye
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swears by the morn – ing light , she’ll be fine

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at a wedding in connecticut
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the mother of the bride
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day dreams about her husband who’s just past

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as she stands to give her toast
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she says the only thing i know
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is when you find a love thats worth it
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make it last

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so she chokes back the tears
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and speaks of all her daughters years
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thirty christmas’ of memories that she keeps

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and the speech was sad and sweet
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she kisses guests as they all leave
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then heads off to her hotel room to weep

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so she bides her time
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and says a slow goodbye
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swears by the morn – ing light , she’ll be fine

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yeah she hides her eyes
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though its hard some nights
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she’ll take her own sweet time , she’ll be fine

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a welder who spent twenty years
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working in an auto plant
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gets laid off on a thursday afternoon

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and he grips the fourty – five
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that rests in the glove box when he drives
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then puts the gun away and wonders what to do

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so he parks in his driveway
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and head against the steering wheel
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and tries to think what to tell his wife

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and in the kitchen , he explains
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and swears they’ll be okay
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she says , you’re the only thing i need in this life

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so he bides his time
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and says a slow goodbye
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swears by the morn – ing light , he’ll be fine

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yes he hides his eyes
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though its hard some nights
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he’ll take his own sweet time , and he’ll be fine

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