The old lady on the park bench
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In the park with just one tree
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Was there from the very first day
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That you were part of me
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It seemed like she'd been sitting there
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Since 1000 B.C.
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And you said, "She is as permanent
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As anything can be."
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>From that first day
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We were three
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The old lady and you and me
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You sat there in the window
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You were looking 'cross the street
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You said, "The birds and the old lady
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Yet the same bread crumbs they eat."
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I could not get you back to bed
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'Till you took them both a treat
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And I learned that you were twice as stubborn
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As you could be sweet
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>From that first day
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We were three
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The old lady and you and me
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Do you remember that summer rain storm
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On the day that you moved in
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I was caught in the excitement
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Of what was to begin
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Well, you disappeared for a little while
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And when I asked you where you'd been
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You said you'd lent the old lady my new umbrella
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Then you gave me that wicked grin
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>From that first day
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We were three
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The old lady and you and me
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Yes on March 21st the first day of Spring
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The old lady would be there
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Spend all the days of summer
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Then she'd disappear somewhere
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Where she spent her falls and her winters, babe
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No one was aware
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But you were the first to wonder
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Yeah, you were the first to care
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It was three years we were together
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The old lady held that spot
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Through the nights when life was wonderful
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Through the days when it was not
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And the times we were in trouble
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In a way we sometimes got
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Just knowing that she was out there
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Meant we gave it just one more shot
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>From that first day
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We were three
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The old lady and you and me
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Well it's March 21st the first day of Spring
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And you know what I had to do
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I got up and I ran to the window
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To confirm what I already knew
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I wish I had your address
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To send this letter to
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You see the old lady's not on the park bench
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And I'm still wondering where are you
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Where are you
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Where are you
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We Were Three
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Harry Chapin |