The Day Before You Came
[00:08.64] I must have left my house at eight because I always do
[00:16.64] My train, I'm certain, left the station just when it was due
[00:24.14] I must have read the morning paper going into town
[00:32.15] And having gotten through the editorial No doubt I must have frowned
[00:41.14] I must have made my desk
[00:43.89] Around a quarter after nine
[00:49.89] With letters to be read
[00:52.39] And heaps of papers waiting to be signed
[00:58.64] I must have gone to lunch
[01:00.89] At half past twelve or so
[01:03.39] The usual place, the usual bunch
[01:07.64] And still on top of this I'm pretty sure it must have rained
[01:14.39] The day before you came
[01:20.14] I must have lit my seventh cigarette at half past two
[01:27.64] And at the time I never even noticed I was blue
[01:35.14] I must have kept on dragging
[01:37.80] Through the business of the day
[01:43.30] Without really knowing anything
[01:46.30] I hid a part of me away
[01:52.30] At five I must have left
[01:55.05] There's no exception to the rule
[02:01.30] A matter of routine
[02:03.30] I've done it ever since I finished school
[02:09.55] The train back home again
[02:12.30] Undoubtedly I must have read the evening paper then
[02:18.80] Oh yes, I'm sure my life was well within its usual frame
[02:25.55] The day before you came
[03:02.55] I must have opened my front door at eight o'clock or so
[03:10.05] And stopped along the way to buy some Chinese food to go
[03:17.55] I'm sure I had my dinner watching something on TV
[03:25.30] There's not, I think, a single episode of Dallas that I didn't see
[03:34.55] I must have gone to bed
[03:37.55] Around a quarter after ten
[03:43.05] I need a lot of sleep
[03:46.05] And so I like to be in bed by then
[03:51.80] I must have read a while
[03:54.80] The latest one by Marilyn French or something in that style
[04:01.55] It's funny, but I had no sense of living without aim
[04:08.05] The day before you came
[04:13.55] And turning out the light
[04:16.05] I must have yawned and cuddled up for yet another night
[04:22.80] And rattling on the roof I must have heard the sound of rain
[04:29.55] The day before you came
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