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Ian Janis

I leaned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles Who married young and then retired

The days are okay I watch the TV in the afternoon If I get lonely The sound of other voices Other rooms are near to me, I'm not afraid The operator She

Would you like to learn to sing? Would you like to sing my song? Would you like to learn to love me best of all? Anyone can learn the words and the melody

I'm leaving by night, I'm leaving alone I'm leaving it lie when you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me as I would not beg for you Though I'd like

I haven't been loved by a man in quite a while You know it ain't easy making me smile Friends have their lovers, men on a string There must be something

Anonymous, autonomous Will likely get the best of us yet Before you disappear If you can lend me half an ear I?ll regret If I treat you like a number

Come to my door, baby Face is clean and shining black as night My mother went to answer You know that you looked so fine Now, I could understand your

This town isn't big enough for my dreams This place is just about to break at the seams Baby, baby, you and I need just a little bigger piece of the sky

Lay down now and slumber Mama's boy is torn asunder All the fields have gone grey All the leaves are gone brown Let me tell you a story Lay down, I know