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INTRO 
 
 
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She was reading a book that she'd already read, 
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Just to pass the time. 
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He just sat there and stared at the TV    set, 
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Like he was barely alive. 
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When the local news was over, 
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They would climb the stairs. 
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Crawl in bed underneath the covers, 
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Like neither one was there. 
 
 
 
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And its a long, long way across the great divide. 
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The songs that they once sang,  
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Now echo far and wide. 
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They could still get back all the love that they have lost. 
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But only if they both will reach across. 
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'Cause its a long, long way to the other side, 
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       Of the great divide. 
 
 
 
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He was up in the attic on the 4th of July, 
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As they flew a flag in the yard. 
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When he found some old roses she had long ago dried, 
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Before they drifted apart. 
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And how the years had slipped right by them, 
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He didn't understand. 
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He carried a petal into the kitchen, 
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And he placed it in her hand.  
 
 
 
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And its a long, long way across the great divide. 
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The songs that they once sang,  
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Now echo far and wide. 
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They could still get back all the love that they have lost. 
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But only if they both will reach across. 
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'Cause its a long, long way to the other side, 
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       Of the great divide.