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Operator please connect me with nineteen eighty two
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I need to make apologies for what I didn't do
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I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through
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And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to
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They say hindsight's twenty twenty, but I'm nearly going blind
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From staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine
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It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true
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There was a time when she was mine in nineteen eighty two
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Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp
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One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely man
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Back into the wasted years of my living past
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I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last
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They say hindsight's twenty twenty, but I'm nearly going blind
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From staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine
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It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true
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There was a time when she was mine in nineteen eighty two
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Losing my mind going back in time to nineteen eighty two