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I beg your pardon mister for intruding privacy

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I was sitting on the barstool I couldn't help but see

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By the way you've been drinking it must be an awful mood you're in

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You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim

 
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You wonder what came over you why did she treat you so

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You sit and drink in sorrow wishing all the hurt would go

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Guess you've ask yourself a hundred times what did she see in him
 
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You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim

 
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Perhaps you're wondering how a stranger like me could understand

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But I've got a feeling we're in the same boat my friend

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Just like you I lost my darling she just walked away with him

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You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim

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You're not drowning your heartache you're just teaching it to swim