1982 (ver. 2)

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Operator please connect me with nineteen eighty two 
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I need to make apologies for what I ___ didn't do 
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I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through 
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And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to 
 
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They say hind sights twenty, twenty  
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But I'm nearly going blind 
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>From staring at her photograph 
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And wishing she was mine 
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It's that same ole lost love story 
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It's sad, but it's true 
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There was a time when she was mine 
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In nineteen eighty two 
 
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Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp 
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One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely man 
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Back into the wasted years of my living past 
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I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last 
 
 
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They say hind sights twenty, twenty  
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But I'm nearly going blind 
      Db7 
>From staring at her photograph 
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And wishing she was mine 
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It's that same ole lost love story 
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It's sad, but it's true 
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There was a time when she was mine 
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In nineteen eighty two 
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Losing my mind going back in time 
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Two nineteen eighty two