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INTRO
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She was reading a book that she'd already read,
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Just to pass the time.
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He just sat there and stared at the TV set,
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Like he was barely alive.
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When the local news was over,
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They would climb the stairs.
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Crawl in bed underneath the covers,
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Like neither one was there.
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And its a long, long way across the great divide.
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The songs that they once sang,
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Now echo far and wide.
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They could still get back all the love that they have lost.
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But only if they both will reach across.
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'Cause its a long, long way to the other side,
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Of the great divide.
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He was up in the attic on the 4th of July,
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As they flew a flag in the yard.
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When he found some old roses she had long ago dried,
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Before they drifted apart.
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And how the years had slipped right by them,
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He didn't understand.
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He carried a petal into the kitchen,
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And he placed it in her hand.
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And its a long, long way across the great divide.
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The songs that they once sang,
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Now echo far and wide.
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They could still get back all the love that they have lost.
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But only if they both will reach across.
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'Cause its a long, long way to the other side,
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Of the great divide.
