xMARTHA by Tom Waits
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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Operator, number please, it's been so many years.
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She'll remember my old voice while I fight the tears.
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Hello, hello there. Is this Martha? This is ol' Tom Frost.
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I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost.
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It's been fourteen years or more now; Martha, please recall,
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And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all.
[Chorus]
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And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose
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And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me.
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There was no tomorrow, we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day.
[Verse]
I feel so much old now, you're much older too.
How's the husband, how's the kids?
You know that I got married too.
Lucky that you found someone who makes you feel secure.
We were all so young and foolish, now we are mature.
[Chorus]
And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrow, we packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.
[Verse]
I was always so impulsive, guess that I still am.
All that really mattered then was that I was a man.
Guess that our bein' together wasn't meant to be.
Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see.
[Chorus]
And those were days of roses, of poetry and prose
And Martha, all I had was you and all you had was me.
There was no tomorrow, we packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day.
I remember quiet evenings trembling close to you.
