did you

03.04.04/12 nisan 5764  *** 01:30

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did you tear~up the letters

and throw~out the stuff

deciding you were through with me

that you had had enough

did you burn every picture

abandon each frame

to the risk of rememb’ring

a face and a name

.

did it tear~up inside you

the heart that you hide

declaring you were through with me

you wander far~and~wide

did it sear ev’ry mem’ry

right into your brain

so in looking~to~forget

you just remember me again

.

sweet darlin’, did you really think

i’d let you get away

you might not be the biggest fish

but how i wish you’d stayed

.

did you read every letter

and treasure each word

deciding you were through with these

invisible rewards

did you burn every picture

and scatter the ash

thinking that the sight of them

had given you that rash

.

did it tear~up inside you

the soul that you share

declaring you were through with me

thus ending the affair

did it sear ev’ry mem’ry

right into your heart

a burning, ugly after~math

a mexicali fart

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and, darlin’, did you really think

i’d let you get away

you might not be the biggest fish

but still i wish you’d stayed

.

i’m gathering my tackle

untangling the line

a chunk of cheese upon the hook

to lure my dana~shine

stealthy as a sportsman

and patient as a saint

i eye the water silently

a pillar of restraint

.

i’m gathering my courage

to pack a week~end bag

still counting on the memory

of everything we had

returning to the river

returning to that place

i eye the water breathlessly

for shadows of her face

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sweet darlin’, did you really think

i’d let you get away

you might not be the biggest fish

but how i wish you’d stayed

oh, how i wish you’d stayed

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