I have a need
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For solitude
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I'll never be
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Safe in crowded rooms
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I like the sound
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Of silence coming on
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I come around
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When everyone has gone
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I have a need
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For cool, verdant spaces
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Beneath the trees
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Secret empty places
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Nobody knows
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So no one will intrude
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I have a need
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For solitude
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But you can find me, when the light is changing
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At that time of day when there's
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Little day remaining
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You can find me where I've been waiting
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Waiting here for you
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I never was
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The pretty girl in school
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I never was
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Fast, tough and cool
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All I was
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All my life it seems
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Was hard to love
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Harder now to keep
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But you can find me, when the light is changing
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At that time of day when there's
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Little day remaining
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I have a need
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For solitude
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I'll never be
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Safe in crowded rooms
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I like the sound
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Of silence coming on
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I come around when all the rest have gone...
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I Have A Need For Solitude
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Mary Chapin Carpenter |