Okkervil River – Calling And Not Calling My Ex (Ukulele)

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She was once mine

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That smile that shines from the glossy magazine that stuck inside the Sunday Times

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I had just been fired and her first offer had arrived

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And the new year would see her flying far away from me

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Though I didn't know it at the time

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With outstretched hands

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Now she commands

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A famous figure for every picture

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And she stands up strong and she demands

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And they deliver

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Yeah, she's a fixture

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And it's a mixture of dumb jealousy and fear that I might feel, should she appear

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Just like it hasn't been three years

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And there's a distance to her voice over the phone and that's because she stands D/F#

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While I'm still sitting here

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Girl, you see me here on another quiet night

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I will wait until another indistinguishable day arrives

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I'll decide where the light's even and bright

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Where my life's sweet as it's slightly, disappointedly, just gliding softly by

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And you won't wait for me in some secluded stand of trees some Christmas Eve some 

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god was kind enough to set aside

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Although I'd love you to, I'm proud of you

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God knows I'm feeling really stupid now

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For having ever said goodbye

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During the fight

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I said, "Yeah right"

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When you insisted that I visit, that you'd write

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Now, I know you're working hard so I never hear from you, and that's fine

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You look the same on TV as when you were mine

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I walk in from the kitchen and I finger the remote control

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I watch you from the distance, you go walking through the terminal

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I remember ever instance, when you stung me

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Oh, you're so lovely

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Oh, you're so smart

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So, go turn their heads, go knock them dead, go break their hearts

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Go break their hearts