Same Old Lang Syne Dan Fogelberg
Capo 3
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Met my old lover in a grocery store The snow was falling Christmas Eve
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Stole behind her in the frozen foods and I touched her on the sleeve
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She didn’t recognize my face at first but then her eyes flew open wide
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Tried to hug me and she spilled her purse and we laughed until we cried
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Took her groceries to the checkout stand The food was totaled up and bagged
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stood there lost in our em-barrassment as the conversation dragged
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Went to have ourselves a drink or two but couldn’t find an open bar
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Bought a six-pack at the liquor store and we drank it in the car
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We drank a toast to innocence, we drank a toast to now
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Tried to reach beyond the emptiness but neither one knew how
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She said she’d married her an architect Kept her warm and safe and dry
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She said she’d like to say she loved the man but she didn’t want to lie
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I said the years had been a friend to her and that her eyes were still as blue
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But in those eyes I wasn’t sure if I saw doubt or grati-tude
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She said she saw me in the record store and that I must be doing well
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I said the audience was heavenly but the traveling was hell
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We drank a toast to innocence we drank a toast to time
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Tried to reach beyond our emptiness but neither one knew how
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We drank a toast to innocence we drank a toast to time
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We’re living in our eloquence, another old lang syne
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The beers were empty and our tongues grew tired and running out of things to say
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She gave a kiss to me as I got out and I watched her drive a-way (slower)
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Just for a moment I was back in school And felt that old familiar pain
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And as I turned to make my way back home the snow turned into rain Outro pick out
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