Martha

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Operator, number please,
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    it's been so many years
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Will she remember  my old voice     while I fight the
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tears?
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Hello, hello  there,
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is this Martha? This is old  Tom Frost
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And I am calling long distance,
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  don't worry 'bout the cost
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'Cause it's been forty years  or more,
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now Martha please  recall
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   Meet me out  for coffee where we'll talk about  it all

[Chorus]
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And those were the days of roses,
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poetry and prose
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And Martha all I had was you and all you had was  me
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There was no tomorrows,
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we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved  them for a rainy  day

[Verse 2]
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                        And I feel so  much older now,
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     you're much older too   How's your husband? And how's
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your kids?
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You know that I got married too
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  Lucky that  you found  someone to make  you
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feel  secure     'Cause we were all  so young and foolish,
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now we are  mature

[Chorus]
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And those were the days of roses,
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poetry and prose
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And Martha all I had was you and all you had was  me
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There was no tomorrows,
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we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day

[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 3]
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        And I was always so impulsive,
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I guess that I  still am
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  And all that really mattered then    was that I  was a
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man
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I guess that our  being  together was never meant  to be
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  But Martha,   Martha,  I love you,
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can't  you see?

[Chorus]
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And those were the days of roses,
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poetry and prose
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And Martha all I had was you and all you had was  me
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There was no tomorrows,
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we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved  them for a rainy  day

[Outro]
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  And I remember  quiet evenings trembling close to you