Met my old lover in a grocery store
The snow was falling Christmas eve
I stole behind her in the frozen foods
And I touched her on her sleeve
She didn't recognize the face at first
But then her eye flew open wide
She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
And we laughed until we cried.
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She took her groc'ries to the check out stand
The food was totaled up and bagged
We stood there lost in our embarrassment
As the conversation dragged
Went to have ourselves a drink or two
But couldn't find and open bar
Bought a six pack at the liquor store
And we drank it in her car.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
We tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how.
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She said she saw in the record stores
And that I must be doing well
I said the audience was heavenly
But the travelling was hell.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to now
We tried to reach beyond the emptiness
But neither one knew how.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time.
Reliving in our eloquence
Another "auld lang syne."
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The snow turned into rain.