I've been told I'm livin' a lie
I've been told all my life
I've been told I'm livin' a lie
I've been told all my life

I haven't got more than one dress
Mostly I wear it out walking to work
Who else am I?

Getting it wrong almost every time
Where else, where else am I?
Living alone in my head

Rowboat left in the rain
Drifting out on the lake
Where could my one love be?

Oh, rowboat left in the rain
Drifting by on the lake
Rescue my one love from the grief


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    The trumpet reminds me of Suicide is Painless (the MASH theme).

    This is beautiful, as is the rest of this compilation.

    I feel like a major theme is realizing you've lost something you didn't know you had. It's about letting let something die without knowing it existed, and wanting to resurrect it.

    Seahighsteron October 15, 2007   Link

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