I am leaving Mississippi in the evening rain
These Delta towns wear satin gowns and the high-beam frame
		-- "Listen to the Radio"
		   Nanci Griffith
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I am older than I once was
and younger than I'll be that's not unusual.
No it isnt strange after changes upon changes we are more or less the same;
after changes we are more or less the same.
		-- "The Boxer"
		   Paul Simon
		   (the "lost verse")
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Ideas are like stars
They fall from the sky, they run round your head
They litter your sleep as they beckon
They'd teach you to fly without wires or thread
They promise if only you'd let them
		-- "Ideas are like Stars"
		   Mary Chapin Carpenter
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I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
		-- "The Longest Time"
		-- Billy Joel
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Now some people say that you shouldn't tempt fate
And for them I would not disagree
But I never learned nothing from playing it safe
I say fate should not tempt me

I take my chances, I don't mind working without a net
I take my chances, I take my chances every chance I get
		-- "I Take My Chances"
		-- Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Everything is coming up roses, and
when I'm pushing up daisies, I don't want roses in the way.
		-- "Everything's Comin' Up Roses"
		-- Nanci Griffith
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Happiness would fill your mind with misery
Time will wound all heels, and it ain't pretty
		-- "Winsome Smile"
		-- Chris Smither
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You see, he comes from trouble...
and he's always going home.
		-- "Always Going Home"
		-- John Gorka
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He's got time
It ain't standing still
He got time to spend, he ain't got to kill
He's got no sense of time I swear he never will
		-- "Time to Kill"
		-- Chris Smither
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