[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Operator, number please, it's been so many years
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Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears?
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Hello, hello there, is this Martha? This is old Tom Frost
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And I am calling long distance, don't worry about the cost
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'Cause it's been fourty years or more now, Martha, please recall
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And meet me out for coffee where we'll talk about it all, and
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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 tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day
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[Verse 2]
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And I feel so much older now, you're much older too
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How's your husband, and how's your kids? You know that I got married too
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Lucky that you found someone to make you feel secure
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'Cause we were all so young and foolish, now we are mature, and
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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 tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day
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[Verse 3]
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And I was always so impulsive, I guess that I still am
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And all that really mattered then was that I-- was a man
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I guess that our being together was never meant to be
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Martha, Martha, I love you, can't you see? And
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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 tomorrows, we packed away our sorrows
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And we saved them for a rainy day
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[Outro]
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And I remember quiet evenings, trembling close to you