intro:
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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
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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
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
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 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
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