Kathy Keller's only daughter,
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I've been bad, but I'm getting better.
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I seen you dancing with another man
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and he was holding your hand,
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but all dances must rest,
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nothing lasts forever.
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Cynthia Anne, so give me chances,
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I will prove to you that romance is
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something that doesn't have to make you
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feel sick after, feel all cheated,
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over and over remember what he did.
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I did it all, but now I'm really better.
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I would like to prove to you
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I have no appetite to do
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the things I did then
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and won't do again.
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On my own, I'm all alone,
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I try to make my affections known,
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they won't stop talking
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about what I did twenty years ago.
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That bright kitchen, that old cleaver,
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the spots of blood, the fallen phone reciever,
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don’t you get tired of seeing those pictures?
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That was me, but now I'm different.
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I did all that, but now I'm really better.
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I would like to prove to you
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I have no appetite to do
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the things I did then
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and won't do again.
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On my own, I'm all alone,
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I try to make my affections known,
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but the evil's passed
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from one hand to another.
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Cynthia Keller in the cellar,
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don't tell me you didn't get my letters.
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I try to tell you, make you see
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that after all they did to me,
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how I could I do that? All I can do now
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is stay at home and watch T.V.
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You're all I have, don't make me go,
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don't throw me away, don't leave me alone.
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I can't be alone now that I'm all better.
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I'm your slave, just
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don't leave me alone with my being better.
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Kathy Keller
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| Okkervil River |
