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We got married early
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And just a little bit late
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Baby came too early
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But some things just can't wait
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We were just beginning
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But it was very clear
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We grew up a little bit that year
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I caught on as a meter man
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You were caught at home
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When I started night school
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You ended up alone
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But you had another baby
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While I had my career
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And we grew up a little bit
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We grew up a little bit
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We grew up a little bit that year
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They put me in a office job
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A young man on the move
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We bought a house in Shaker Heights
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You supervised the move
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We were cashing checks, you were changing children
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While I played engineer
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And we were growing ever faster
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Every year
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I got bored of kilowatts
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You were tired of kids
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I started staying out at night
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And soon that's what you did
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At parties we'd go seperately
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You'd wiggle and I'd leer
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And we were growing faster
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We were growing ever faster
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We were growing ever faster every year
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You learned to live in silence
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I learned to live in lies
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And we both igored the empty spaces
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Growing in our eyes
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Your breath became a gin and tonic
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Mine became a beer
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And we grew up a little more last year
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Today at work they passed me by
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And promoted John instead
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I came home to find you'd wrecked the car
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I guess I lost my head
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Well, I can't believe I hit you
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But the rage came on so strong
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Ah, where did we go wrong?
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As you sit there crying
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I wonder who you are
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The partner-stranger-friend and foe
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Who's come with me this far
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We stand here in the ashes
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And I guess it is quite clear
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We did not really grow too much
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Each year
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So you say we're going nowhere
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Well I know that's where we've been
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Still I can't help wondering
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Can we begin again?
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I feel so full of questions
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Curiosity and fear
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But could we grow a little bit
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Could we grow a little bit
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Can we grow a little bit this year?
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We Grew Up A Little Bit
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| Harry Chapin |
