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I'm gone away I'm far away; I'm with somebody else
And if you ever come to town you're not welcome at my house
But I might sneak down to your motel just to check your pulse
But if you ever come to town you're not welcome at my house

So don't you knock on my door with some tale of how you're sorry
I'm with someone else now who doesn't tell me stories

Your long dead dogs, your Christmas trees, your family's twisted knot!
I held my breath and waited to be fitted in the plot
We had a car and credit cards and very little worries
But you kept me up all night with your endless bedtime stories

You're always telling stories about your old friends on their harleys
About your lost loves and their glories
you were always telling stories!

We slept out in the lobby, we shook that chandelier
I don't think you liked my name cause you always called me dear
So if I left you stranded there a million times I'm sorry
But I had to get away from you and all your stories

She left her man in Vegas on highway 69
She walked a mile in those shoes and she found that so sublime!

You told me that you needed me dark starry night in Denver
But underneath the window shade I saw your other lover
You left me in that tacky room with wine and Hail MArys
Praying to the spinning wall that you weren't telling stories

But now sometimes late at night the wind your voice it carries
And I put myself to sleep listening to your stories.

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from Down Yonder, released January 1, 2001

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Martha Bourne Boston, Massachusetts

singer/songwriter and film composer.
my work has aired on major networks and cable channels (CBS, NBC, ABC, HBO, Discovery, History Channel, WE Network, WGBH).

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