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Round the Clock

I stay up late and still I wait Just hopin' you will call don't know how long I'll be awake but the night's still young 'an all Oh the clock's movin' faster my makeup's getting dry and my tears just start rollin' whenever I sigh ..It's a quarter to ten Well, where are ya then? Are you at home? I won't call to see I figure if you have any reason for gab you'll pick up the phone and call ME Well, it's eleven o'clock don't know if you'll stop perhaps you'll drop by for a spell But daddy's a'comin' so you best make it quick oh hurry! It's goin' on twelve! ..One o'clock's here You're still not in sight perhaps it's just more than a sign So I'll take off my face retire to my place to know I was wastin' my time.

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Date: 6/4/2017 8:08:00 AM
A great and sad write. Times are a changing, now some young women eagerly await a text that may never come. :) Amitiés
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Date: 6/3/2017 1:29:00 PM
Oh Gayle...so sad. Excellent spilling of tears.
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Gayle Rodd
Date: 6/3/2017 4:06:00 PM
You don't know how many times I waited up! lol
Date: 6/3/2017 11:20:00 AM
that was sad, Gayle; maybe you could call him first? overall i felt like the wait would be in vain, but nice piece. cheers!
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Gayle Rodd
Date: 6/3/2017 11:30:00 AM
Thank you for reading John. This was a case of 'teenage angst and an unrequited love I guess! I think I was 16

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