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Well hello there, wondered where you’ve been. It sure is good to hear from you again. It’s been a long time since we last met. Tell me what’s your name again, I forget. There was a girl who lived across the yard, and she was always making your life hard. She danced naked across the bedroom floor, but you were too shy to knock on her door. You got fixed up with a date by your mom, and when you took her to the high school prom. She got drunk and wanted to get frisky, but you were afraid it was too risky. Life just ain’t something you’re going to find, sitting in the dark peeking through the blind. Just watching the world outside pass you by, with no one there to hold you when you cry. Got yourself a job at the Burger King, spent your evenings watching the Dairy Queen. She could really stack ice cream on a cone, you never asked her for one of your own. Joined the army when you were twenty-three, they stationed you over in Germany. Frauleins kept trying to give you a dance, you never found the time to take the chance. Love ain’t something you’re ever going to get, sitting there staring at the TV set. No matter how hard it is that you try, that TV will not hold you while you cry. The years passed by and you grew tired and old, had a tiny dog and ten cats I’m told. You never had any kids or a spouse, matter of fact you hardly left the house. Your neighbor always knocking on your door, asking for some sugar or something more. She said hers was the sweetest pie in town, but you never would ask her to sit down. Living sure ain’t something that can be done, without trying to share it with someone. You just have to step out the door and try, when you find someone, you won’t need to cry. It has been a while since you’ve dropped by. I can’t help myself but to wonder why. Hope I didn’t offend you when we last met. Tell me what’s your name again, I forget.
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