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You learn to take your coffee black |
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You learn to drink your whiskey neat |
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You learn to take your shower cold |
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And sleep on tired feet |
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You learn to order dinner in |
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You learn to send the laundry out |
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You learn how to amuse yourself |
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You learn to live without |
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You tell yourself you’re rich at last |
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in money and in time |
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You draw a bath and then unplug the phone |
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You pour yourself a Pinot Clo Du Val 2003 |
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You sit a spell a queen upon her throne |
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You go to bed alone |
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You learn to fall asleep alone |
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You learn to silence ticking clocks |
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You learn to pull the shades at night |
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And double check the locks |
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You learn to speak so calmly when |
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Your heart would like to scream and shout |
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You learn to stock and breathe and smile |
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You learn to live without |
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You find the coat and tie you thought |
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you'd given to good will |
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You toss his favourite shoes onto the pile |
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You see him in the faces of the boys he left behind |
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And I have been with every tiny smile |
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but only for a while |
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You learn to count the quiet wins |
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An hour with no unprompted tears |
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And not to count the deadly days |
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As they fade into years |
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You learn to stand alone at last |
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So brave and bold and strong and stout |
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You learn somehow to like the dark |
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And even love the doubt |
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You learn to hold your life inside you |
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And never let it out |
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You learn to live and die and then to live |
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You learn to live without |
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You learn to live without |
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You learn to live without |
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