Lyrics
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I walked through the door with you
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The air was cold
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But something about it felt like home somehow
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And I left my scarf there at your sister's house
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And you've still got it in your drawer even now
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Oh, your sweet disposition
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And my wide-eyed gaze
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We're singing in the car, getting lost upstate
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Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place
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And I can picture it after all these days
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And I know it's long gone and that magic's not here no more
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And I might be okay but I'm not fine at all
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Cause there we are again on that little town street
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You almost ran the red cause you were looking over at me
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Wind in my hair I was there
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I remember it all too well
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Photo album on the counter
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Your cheeks were turning red
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You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed
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And your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball team
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You told me about your past, thinking your future was me
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And you were tossing me the car keys, f*ck the patriarchy
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keychain on the ground, we were always skipping town
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And I was thinking on the drive down, any time now
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He's gonna say it's love, you never called it what it was
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'Til were dead and gone and buried
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Check the pulse and come back swearing it's the same
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After three months in the grave
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And then you wondered where it went to as I reached for you
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But all I felt was shame and you held my lifeless frame
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And I know it's long gone and there was nothing else I could do
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And I forget about you long enough to forget why I needed to
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Cause there we are again in the middle of the night
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We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light
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Down the stairs, I was there
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I remember it all too well, yeah
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And there we are again when nobody had to know
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You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath
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Sacred prayer and we'd swear
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To remember it all too well, yeah
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And maybe we got lost in translation
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Maybe I asked for too much
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But maybe this thing was a masterpiece, till you tore it all up
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Running scared, I was there
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I remember it all too well
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And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
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So casually cruel in the name of being honest
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I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
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Cause I remember it all, all, all too well
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They say all's well that ends well, but I'm in a new hell
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Every time you double-cross my mind
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You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine
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That made me want to die
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The idea you had of me, who was she?
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A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel, whose shine reflects on you
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Not weepin' in a party bathroom
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Some actress asking me what happened, you
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That's what happened, you
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You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes
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Sippin' coffee like you're on a late night show
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But then he watched me watch the front door all night willing you to come
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And he said "It's supposed to be fun turning twenty-one"
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Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it
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I'd like to be my old self again
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But I'm still trying to find it
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After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own
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Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone
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But you keep my old scarf from that very first week
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Cause it reminds you of innocence
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And it smells like me
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You can't get rid of it
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Cause you remember it all too well, yeah
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Cause there we are again when I loved you so
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Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known
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It was rare, I was there
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I remember it all too well
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Wind in my hair, you were there
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You remember it all
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Down the stairs, you were there
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You remember it all
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It was rare, I was there
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I remember it all too well
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And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes
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I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age
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From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones
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I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight
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Just between us, did the love affair maim you too?
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Cause in this city's barren cold
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I still remember the first fall of snow
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And how it glistened as it fell
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I remember it all too well
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Just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well?
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Just between us, do you remember it all too well?
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Just between us, I remember it (Just between us) all too well
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Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there (I was there)
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Down the stairs, I was there, I was there
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Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
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It was rare, you remember it all too well
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Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there (Oh)
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Down the stairs, I was there, I was there (I was there)
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Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
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It was rare, you remember it (All too well)
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Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there
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Down the stairs, I was there, I was there
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Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
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It was rare, you remember it
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Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there
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Down the stairs, I was there, I was there
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Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
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It was rare, you remember it
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