| Timmy sits out on the boardwalk
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| Writing in his book of poems
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| A young girl walks up behind him
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| Looking slightly tired and worn
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| She reminds him of another
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| That he used to call his wife
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| She tries hard to be his lover
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| So he’ll write about her life
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| So he reads his book of stories
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| Someone is listening tonight
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| Written in the blood and glories
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| Of the battles that he fights
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| Timmy’s standing at the alter
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| With his girlfriend by his side
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| Bullets wait for him in the desert
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| As he takes her for his bride
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| So he went into the army
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| With a gun he could not shoot
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| With her picture and his papers
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| Safely tucked inside his boot
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| Timmy sits inside a barroom
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| Buying someone else a scotch
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| Half asleep she sits there listening
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| Staring blankly at his crotch |