[00:02.34]Same Old Lang Syne
[00:08.88]Dan Fogelberg
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[00:18.19]Met my old lover in the grocery store,
[00:21.82]The snow was falling Christmas Eve.
[00:26.49]I stole behind her in the frozen foods,
[00:30.40]And I touched her on the sleeve.
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[00:35.46]She didn''t recognize the face at first,
[00:39.53]But then her eyes flew open wide.
[00:44.09]She went to hug me and she spilled her purse,
[00:48.00]And we laughed until we cried.
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[01:10.27]We took her groceries to the checkout stand,
[01:14.89]The food was totalled up and bagged.
[01:19.24]We stood there lost in our embarrassment,
[01:23.09]As the conversation dragged.
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[01:28.31]We went to have ourselves a drink or two,
[01:32.38]But couldn''t find an open bar.
[01:36.78]We bought a six-pack at the liquor store,
[01:40.80]And we drank it in her car.
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[01:45.82]We drank a toast to innocence,
[01:49.76]We drank a toast to now.
[01:54.27]And tried to reach beyond the emptiness,
[01:57.80]But neither one knew how.
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[02:03.51]She said she''d married her an architect,
[02:07.47]Who kept her warm and safe and dry,
[02:11.87]She would have liked to say she loved the man,
[02:15.56]But she didn''t like to lie.
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[02:21.28]I said the years had been a friend to her,
[02:25.13]And that her eyes were still as blue.
[02:29.48]But in those eyes I wasn''t sure if I saw,
[02:33.21]Doubt or gratitude.
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[02:38.55]She said she saw me in the record stores,
[02:42.57]And that I must be doing well.
[02:46.97]I said the audience was heavenly,
[02:50.76]But the traveling was hell.
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[02:55.82]We drank a toast to innocence,
[02:59.34]We drank a toast to now.
[03:04.29]And tried to reach beyond the emptiness,
[03:07.60]But neither one knew how.
[03:12.70]We drank a toast to innocence,
[03:16.50]We drank a toast to time.
[03:21.67]Reliving in our eloquence,
[03:25.02]Another ''auld lang syne''......
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[03:34.54]The beer was empty and our tongues were tired,
[03:38.50]And running out of things to say.
[03:42.73]She gave a kiss to me as I got out,
[03:46.91]And I watched her drive away.
[03:50.93]Just for a moment I was back at school,
[03:57.09]And felt that old familiar pain .........
[04:04.07]And as I turned to make my way back home,
[04:09.02]The snow turned into rain ..............
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