Same Old Lang Syne
by Dan Fogelberg • Key:
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Same Old Lang Syne
by Dan Fogelberg
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Met my old lover in a
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grocery store
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The snow was falling Christmas
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Eve
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Stole behind her in the
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frozen foods and I
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touched her on the
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sleeve
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She didn't recognize the
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face at first
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but then her eyes flew open
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wide
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Tried to hug me and she
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spilled her purse and we
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laughed until we
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cried
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#piano break - same chords as verse
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Took her groceries to the
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checkout stand
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The food was totaled up and
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bagged
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stood there lost in our em
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barrassment as the
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conversation
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dragged
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Went to have ourselves a
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drink or two
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but couldn't find an open
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bar
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Bought a six-pack at the
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liquor store and we
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drank it in the
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car
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Chorus
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We drank a toast to
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innocence, we
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drank a toast to
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now
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Tried to reach beyond the
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emptiness but
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neither one knew how
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She said she'd married her an
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architect
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Kept her warm and safe and
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dry
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She said she'd like to say she
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loved the man but she
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didn't want to
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lie
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I said the years had been a
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friend to her
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and that her eyes were still as
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blue
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But in those eyes I wasn't
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sure if I saw
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doubt or grati
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tude
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She said she saw me in the
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record store
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and that I must be doing
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well
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I said the audience was
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heavenly but the
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traveling was
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hell
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chorus
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We drank a toast to
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innocence we
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drank a toast to
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time
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We're living in our
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eloquence,
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another old lang syne
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The beers were empty and our
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tongues grew tired
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and running out of things to
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say
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She gave a kiss to me as I got
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out and I
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watched her drive a
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way
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Just for a moment I was
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back in school
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And felt that old familiar
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pain
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And as I turned to make my way back
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home the
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snow turned into
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rain
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