The Day Before You Came

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I must have left my house at eight 
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because I always do
My train I'm certain left the 
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station just when it was due
I must have read the morning paper 
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going into town
And having gotten through the 
editorial no doubt I must have 
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frowned
I must have made my desk around a 
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quarter after nine
With letters to be read and heaps of
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 papers waiting to be signed
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I must have gone to lunch at half 
past twelve or so
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The usual place the usual bunch
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And still on top of this I'm pretty
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 sure it must have rained
                    Em
The day before you came

  Em                               
I must have lit my seventh 
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cigarette at half past two
And at the time I never even noticed
         Em
 I was blue
I must have kept on dragging through
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 the business of the day
Without really knowing anything I 
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hid a part of me away
At five I must have left there's no 
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exception to the rule
A matter of routine I've done it 
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ever since I finished school
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The train back home again
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Undoubtedly I must have read the 
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evening paper then
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Oh yes I'm sure my life was well 
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within it's usual frame
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The day before you came

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  Em                               
I must have opened my front door at
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 eight o'clock or so
And stopped along the way to buy 
            Em
some Chinese food to go
I'm sure I had my dinner watching 
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something on TV
There's not I think a single episode
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 of Dallas that I didn't see
I must have gone to bed around a 
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quarter after ten
I need a lot of sleep and so I like 
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to be in bed by then
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I must have read a while
   Em                              
The latest one by Marilyn French or
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 something in that style
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It's funny but I had no sense of 
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living without aim
                Em
The day before you came
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And turning out the light
   Em                            
I must have yawned and cuddled up 
    Am
for yet another night
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And rattling on the roof I must 
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have heard the sound of rain
                Em
The day before you came

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