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Hanging By a Thread

HANGING BY A THREAD DARLING WE’VE HEARD IT SAID THAT LOVE IS A WONDERFUL THING BUT IT ALSO FEELS IT IS SOMETIMES REALLY WEAKER THAN A STRING THE CARES THE TROUBLES AND DECISIONS WE OFTEN NEED TO MAKE MAKES ME DOUBT & FEAR & FEEL OUR THREAD WILL EASILY BREAK AS WE SEE YOUNG LOVERS FROLIC & OF THEIR LOVE SO FREELY SPEAK I LOOK AT US AND WONDER IS OUR CORD OF LOVE REALLY OH SO WEAK WE ALL HAVE DAYS OF LAUGHTER, WONDERFUL SONG WE RUN AND PLAY YES IT MAKES ME TRUST THAT OUR PUPPY LOVE IS ALWAYS HERE TO STAY ALL THE YEARS HAVE COME AND GONE AND WITH EACH PASSING DAY THIS LOVE OF OURS HAS PROVED TO ME THAT its REAL & HERE TO STAY IN SPITE OF PAIN & AGONY WE ALWAYS THOUGHT TOO MUCH TO BEAR OUR CORD OF LOVE KEEPS GROWING BECOMING STRONGER EVERY YEAR THIS CORD OF LOVE IN EARLY YEARS WHICH SEEMED SO THIN & WEAK HAS STRENGTHENED DAY BY DAY AND NOW TO ALL YOUNG LOVERS SPEAK THERE IS NO STORM, NO TROUBLE, NO WAVE, DEVICE OF EVERY EVIL MAN THIS PRECIOUS GIFT, OUR INNER CORD OF LOVE, NOT ABLE TO WITHSTAND OH MY DARLING TELL ME IT’S NOT JUST HANGING BY A THREAD IT’S THE BREAKING OF OUR CORD OF LOVE I SO DEARLY DREAD AND EVEN THOUGH WE DO THINGS WITH EVERY GOOD INTENTION WE OFTEN FEEL OUR CORD OF LOVE STRETCHING AND IN TENSION YES MY DARLING TELL ME OUR LOVE IS NOT JUST HANGING BY A THREAD YES MY DARLING TELL ME OUR LOVE IS NOT JUST HANGING BY A THREAD

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