Souvenirs
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By: Vince Melamed, Danny O'Keefe
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1993
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Someone wants a piece of you
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Never let 'em pay
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What you do not give them
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Time takes anyway
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Had I known what love is worth
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I could have saved the tears
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Might have come in handy
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Like souvenirs
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I didn't see her comin'
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'Til my head turned in surprise
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Thinking I must know her
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But it was her thin disguise
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She padded up her innocence
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And tightly cinched her fears
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But she saved a little room
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For souvenirs
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I still go to pieces
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But I don't go as often
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Placeless times in space
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Where all the edges soften
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She took me away
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Where I couldn't send her
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I knew that she would leave me
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Something to remember
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I wanted more than one
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Until I found the one I wanted
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Her memories are ghosts now
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Though I'm still pretty haunted
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What we gave each other
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Ain't exactly clear
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Probably comes under the heading
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Of souvenirs
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Pieces, bits, and pieces
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Add up through the years
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I've collected a small fortune
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In souvenirs
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Souvenirs
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Jimmy Buffett |