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This morning I received air mail letter three from my connection overseas. I pulled the paper back, you begin your attack and it reads: Of all the places I laid down my head, I think of two I regret Love isn’t easy my baby Is sayin' today But tell Mr. shoemaker I’ll be away On a rocket or a comet or the dock of the bay On a continental steam ship sailin' away On a one way ticket on a 1st class airplane I wanna know what you’re thinkin' about Don’t just let me go Four hundred days have passed since I’ve heard from you last I’m getting worried, I admit Maybe it’s nothing much There’s nicer shores in sight Oh I just don’t know Of all the places I laid down my head I think of two I regret Love isn’t easy my baby will tell you today But tell Mr. shoemaker I’ll be away On a rocket or a comet or the dock of the bay On a continental steam ship sailin' away On a one way ticket on a 1st class airplane I wanna know what you’re thinkin' about Don’t just let me go I’m sayin' so long I want my baby back I know it’s hard to see Why she’s in love with me I’m sayin' so long I want my baby back I know it’s hard to see Why she’s in love with me So long to the headstrong I wasn’t qualified to lead that city life That’s all I have to say
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Oct 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016 at 8:01 PM UTC
So Long to the Headstrong
This morning I received air mail letter three from my connection overseas. I pulled the paper back, you begin your attack and it reads: Of all the places I laid down my head, I think of two I regret Love isn’t easy my baby Is sayin' today But tell Mr. shoemaker I’ll be away On a rocket or a comet or the dock of the bay On a continental steam ship sailin' away On a one way ticket on a 1st class airplane I wanna know what you’re thinkin' about Don’t just let me go Four hundred days have passed since I’ve heard from you last I’m getting worried, I admit Maybe it’s nothing much There’s nicer shores in sight Oh I just don’t know Of all the places I laid down my head I think of two I regret Love isn’t easy my baby will tell you today But tell Mr. shoemaker I’ll be away On a rocket or a comet or the dock of the bay On a continental steam ship sailin' away On a one way ticket on a 1st class airplane I wanna know what you’re thinkin' about Don’t just let me go I’m sayin' so long I want my baby back I know it’s hard to see Why she’s in love with me I’m sayin' so long I want my baby back I know it’s hard to see Why she’s in love with me So long to the headstrong I wasn’t qualified to lead that city life That’s all I have to say
Taken from So Long to the Headstrong by Fleet Foxes. Seems fitting right now.
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Oct 28, 2016
Oct 28, 2016 at 8:01 PM UTC
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