| Well you covered your tracks and now I can’t see you
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| you had your ashes scattered at sea
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| There’s no grave to visit, no tombstone to look at you were in the New York Times obituary
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| There’s no record, no tape, no book, no movie
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| some photographs and memories
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| Sometimes I dial your phone number by mistake
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| and this is what I hear
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| This is no longer a working number, baby
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| please redial your call
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| This is no longer a working number
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| your party doesn’t live here anymore
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| This is no longer a working number
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| if you still require help
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| Stay on the line and an operator
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| will try to bail you out
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| I knew I should have seen you that Thursday
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| I knew I shouldn’t have left
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| But you sounded so good, your spirits so up
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| I thought I’d see you next week
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| I say over and over if I had half a brain
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| if I had half a brain in my head
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| I wouldn’t sit here dialing a wrong number
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| and listening to what some recording said
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| This is no longer a working number
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| please redial your call
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| This is no longer a working number
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| your party doesn’t live here anymore
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| This is no longer a working number
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| well, if you still require help
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| Stay on the line and an operator
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| will try to bail you out
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| I knew I should have written, written things down
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| I always say I’ll never forget
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| Who can forget a one-eyed pilot
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| who’s a concert pianist, ah A painter, a poet, songwriter supreme
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| my friends are blending in my head
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| They’re melting into one great spirit
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| and that spirit isn’t dead
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| Now I may not remember everything that you said
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| but I remember all the sings you’ve done
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| And not a day goes by not an hour
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| when I don’t try to be like you
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| You were gassed, stoked and rarin’to go and you were that way all of the time
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| So I guess you know why I’m laughing at myselves
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| every time I dial the wrong line
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| This is no longer a working number, baby
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| This is no longer a working number
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| Gassed, stoked and rarin'to go gassed, stoked and rarin'to go gassed, stoked and rarin'to go gassed, stoked and rarin'to go Gassed, stoked and rarin'to go gassed, stoked and rarin'to go gassed, |
| stoked and rarin'to go gassed, stoked and rarin'to go |