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Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line
Paperlate, oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news

Oh it's too easy to live like clockwork
Tick tock watching the world go by
Any change would take too long
So dry your eyes
Oh it's too easy to live in a cold sweat
Just sitting dripping in pools below
You can wipe your face
Kill the pain
But the fever won't go

Paperlate
Pull it together now
Put your feet back on the ground
Paperlate
Oh don't worry now
You're not alone
Look around you
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Oh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line
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Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news

Oh it's too easy to compute your future
Taking no risks and playing too safe
Any change would take too long
So dry your eyes
Oh it's too easy to talk about rocking the boat
Making changes and changing track
But you'd better not lock that door
'Cos you'll be coming back

Oh you're breathing faster
Silence the only sound
There's no need to be nice on the way up
'Cos you're not coming down

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Oh I'm sorry but there's no one on the line
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Oh I'm sorry but rest easy no news is good news

What was it you said to me
Back in the days when things looked fine
'Bout how we would be together
Until we left the earth behind
Oh, it's funny how things can change
'Cos there was a time I thought I'd be the one
Who'd even start again [leave and start again?]
But now I stay forever [I'd stay forever?]

Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water
Just sunk in the night
And though I know you couldn't care you oughtta
Ah, and into the light [the end of a life]
Oh maybe when you're older and you're thinking back
You might recall
Now did I act carefully, did I do right?
Or were we meant to be
All of our lives
In love and harmony
All of our lives
So now take my hand
Come hold me closely
As near as you can
Believe in all that we could be
And all that we have been
And all that we are

Everyday seems summertime
The rivers flow with wine
And when you were here with me
I wish we'd stayed that day forever

Oh my hopes are as the leaves upon the water...

Ma would never say what happened
And we knew better than push too hard
We knew we had all the chores to tend to
Like fixing fences and helping her
Washing dishes and making coffee
Me and Virgil would chop some wood
But we'd stop our swinging
Just to listen to her crying
It didn't sound too good

I can remember too well

But we never thought to pay much heed
We learned to live life the best we could
But then one day pa up and left us
High and dry without a word
Seemed a pity
My ma was pretty
But I soon learned life ain't that way
And I can remember hearing her weeping
While we were sleeping next to her

I can remember
I'll never forgive and I'll never forget
'Cos pa you broke her heart
Oh pa you broke her heart
You broke her heart
Oh pa you broke her heart

Well the years rolled by
And 'fore we knew it
Our sister got married and moved out west
I stayed with ma 'cos I couldn't desert her
I knew it would hurt her to be alone
So we pulled tighter
Said we'd try to make things easy
And raise a smile
But as the night came
We'd hear her crying
Praying for pa to come back again

I can remember
I'll never forgive him and I'll never forget
'Cos pa you broke her heart
Oh pa you broke her heart

And then the winter came
I'd never known it colder
Oh it seemed the worst in years
And the night she died I swear I saw her smiling
Saying I was a big boy now no tears
So I packed up all we had and Virgil got the horses
And we paid our last respects and gave the whip a crack
Oh it seemed a big bad world we were riding into
Me and Virgil both agreed
We best head off and don't look back

Nothing but desert all around
Oh it made me wonder
Lord it's hard to carry on
When you're sick with hunger
Weeks and months of sleeping rough
Keeping clear of danger
Seems million miles from anywhere
I prayed to my God to change it
You'd best keep your head but don't look back

Well me and Virgil we beat the desert
Riding fast and riding hard
We hit the city the past behind us
And we raised some hell we had some fun
But real soon I met a lady oh so pretty
And oh so fine
And 'fore too long I found myself married
With a home of my own and a blue eyed son
And 'til this day I can hear ma saying to me
You're a big boy now

The girl from all those songs
Who made everything feel right
She came in like an angel
Into your lonely life
And filled your world with light
Oh and everybody told you you're oh so lucky

Curtains part revealing a country scene
Clothed in green and brown
Evidence of Autumn
And leaves of red [And recent rain?]
On a winding lane, a byway
Walking on that road is a certain girl
And all the world in one
Guaranteed to move you and turn your head
When all's been said and done

The girl from all those songs...

The night is clear but cool
And maybe dawn is breaking as you turn to find her gone
And then you see the note
And though you cannot believe it
And you think you'll go insane

But that was many years ago
And thought the pain is dim
A something still remains
Though you hardly can recall
Her face unfolds
Her memory lingers on

Oh she made everything feel right
She came in like an angel
Into your lonely life
And filled your world with light
Oh and everybody told you you're oh so lucky

I see your smiling face
By the open door
There's the morning light
Shining in your hair and in your eyes
And just a little way behind that smile of yours
I see another one oh so far away
If only for one second I could hold you close to me
When the Master calls for me again
There's nothing I can say or I can do

Goodbye my love
Time has come to say farewell
I hear the call again
Goodbye to the world
I've shouted for so long
But there's so much my love
That I can never say
And in a little while
In a little while
There's nothing left to say

As the years go by
And I have not returned
And the night has come
Fallen all around
If you count the stars
You'll know how many have gone out
And when the Master calls for me again
There's nothing that I can say
Or I can do

Stand in the sun
Shut your eyes and feel the world
Is changing every day
Goodbye my love
Each day will seem so long
There's so much I feel
That I can never say

I can't see you
I can't feel you anymore
I'm just a memory of that open door