Love took a long time, it followed me here
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And it landed on light feet, and it whispered in my ear
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Love spoke of my past as a valuable test
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And smiled, and said she who loves last loves best
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'Cause you know life is hard, but now you also know your mind,
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So now you're going out to love, but on your own side this time
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Where you still think of famine, and you still dig up train fare
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And you won't mind the wrinkles, 'cause you know how they got there
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In love but not at peace
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In love but not at peace.
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Once for me love was the boat inside of a bottle,
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It felt like a gondola ride,
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When you float with the nicknacks, and you don't hear a sound
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Where the fish never lived, and you don't miss the ground
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And the moon hangs above like a Valium pill
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And I say I'll be fine, but I don't think that I will
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But today I got work, and I like it that way
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It's a case of a still life gone cinema verite
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In love but not at peace
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In love but not at peace.
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And I still need the beauty of words sung and spoken
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And I live with the fear that my spirit will be broken
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And that's the way I thought it would be
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That's the way I always wanted it to be.
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So I'll keep you wondering what time I'm arriving
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And you'll drive me crazy with your backseat driving
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And I'll talk in my sleep and you'll steal all the covers
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We'll argue it out and we'll call ourselves lovers
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And I'll stay in my body and you'll stay in your own
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'Cause we know that we're born and we're dying alone.
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So we turn out the light while the sirens are screaming
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And we kiss for the waking, and then join the dreaming.
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In love, but not at peace
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In love, but not at peace.
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In Love But Not At Peace
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| Dar Williams |
