(jacob brackman/fred gardner)

i said that i felt jailed up
as if our doors were nailed up
i said i needed separate places,
parties, room to move around in.
i said i needed my fling
had to get out and do some other thing.
it took me months to calculate
that i had nothing left without you-

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dan, my fling is all flung out
now i´ve got to fall back on dreams

i thought i´d try and write you
i thought i´d try and phone you
i thought i´d try to tell you
that i smell your hair still on my pillow
but you´d just mile to please me
you´d shake your head, you´d tease me -
remind me it was i who first claimed
that we both required freedom

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i´d dream up schemes to meet you,
i´d nonchalantly greet you,
i´d ask you up for coffee
anytime you had an hour open.
you say you like my hair long,
you ask me if i´ve written any new songs,
you´d laugh, you´d turn and cross the street
and leave me dizzy with your laughter -

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i hear you´re leaving this town,
you and some girl gonna travel around,
you bought a car with foldback seats,
you´ll camp out by the lakes and forests.
i lie alone in our old bed,
your laughter it´s echoin´ inside my head.
i close my eyes, i smell your hair
it´s like i haven´t slept in years -

(chorus)