The End Of A Love Affair

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So I walk a little too fast, and I drive a little too fast, 
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And I'm reckless it's true, but what else can you do 
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At the end of a love affair? 
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So I talk a little too much, and I laugh a little too much, 
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And my voice is too loud when I'm out in a crowd, 
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So that people are apt to stare. 
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Do they know, do they care, that it's only  
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That I'm lonely, and low as can be? 
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And the smile on my face isn't really a smile at all. 
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So I smoke a little too much, and I joke a little too much, 
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And the tunes I request are not always the best, 
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But the ones where the trumpets blare. 
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So I go at a maddening pace, and I pretend that it's taking his place, 
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But what else can you do at the end of a love affair? 

Also recorded by Billie Holiday