When i accepted this job



I was resigned to my fate



When i got there early



She'd arrive late



You can say she's gone forever



Or just sit tight and wait



She said i was unprincipled



That i was not the first







Like the phoenix coming back



From the ashes, uh-huh



I know what's good,



But i know what trash is



In the head-lights,



In the highlights of her hair...



Hit the head lines



But she's not there:







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Many happy returns



Many happy returns



These are the lessons i could have learned



Return. many happy returns



And these are the letters i should have burned







Okay, i'm sad, not blue



Okay, remember



All that matters to me now



Is the message i sent her







Like the world, spinning 'round



On its axis, uh-huh



I know democracy



But i know what's fascist



When she's gone, all i got to learn



Is the law of diminishing return



When she's here, one thing i've found



Things get better second time around







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Okay i'm sad, not blue



Okay, remember



All that matters to me now



Is the message i sent her







Now she's gone, she's gone away



Now she's gone forget her



Coming back another day



If you'd only let her







Now she's gone, she's gone away



But she's gone forget her



Coming back another day



So why resurrect her?







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