| You should’ve been there,
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| Should’ve burst through the door,
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| With that 'baby I’m right here' smile,
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| And it would’ve felt like,
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| A million little shining stars had just aligned,
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| And I would’ve been so happy.
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| Christmas lights glisten,
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| I’ve got my eye on the door,
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| Just waiting for you to walk in,
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| But the time is ticking,
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| People ask me how I’ve been as I comb back through my memory,
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| How you said you’d be here,
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| You said you’d be here.
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| And it was like slow motion,
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| Standing there in my party dress,
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| In red lipstick,
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| With no-one to impress,
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| And they’re all laughing,
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| As I’m looking around the room,
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| But there’s one thing missing,
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| And that was the moment I knew.
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| And the hours pass by,
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| Now I just wanna be alone,
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| But your close friends always seem to know when there’s something really wrong,
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| So they follow me down the hall,
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| And there in the bathroom,
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| I try not to fall apart,
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| And the sinking feeling starts,
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| As I say hopelessly,
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| «He said he’d be here.»
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| And it was like slow motion,
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| Standing there in my party dress,
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| In red lipstick,
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| With no-one to impress,
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| And they’re all laughing,
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| And asking me about you,
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| But there’s one thing missing,
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| And that was the moment I knew.
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| What do you say when tears are streaming down your face,
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| In front of everyone you know?
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| And what do you do when the one who means the most to you,
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| is the one who didn’t show?
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| You should’ve been here.
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| And I would’ve been so happy.
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| And it was like slow motion,
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| Standing there in my party dress,
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| In red lipstick,
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| With no-one to impress,
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| And they’re all standing around me singing,
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| Happy Birthday to you,
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| But there’s one thing missing,
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| And that was the moment I knew.
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| Ooh, I knew.
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| You call me later,
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| And say I’m sorry I didn’t make it.
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| And I say I’m sorry too,
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| And that was the moment I knew. |