A DARKER SET OF EYES (Gabe Zander/BMI) 2001

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Pushin' back a bottle in some trashy city bar, 
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That you and I used to frequent every night;
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No one will be with me when I go home in my car, 
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And to tell the truth, I haven't even tried.
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Yeah, the fires of my soul could mellow; my life could be sorted out,
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But it doesn't seem like that was meant to be.
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I'm doomed to remain a short fuse, for my time on earth without 
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A dark-eyed woman smilin' back at me.

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And every new one, no matter how she loves me
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Gets overly compared and criticized
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By one man, and his overactive long-term memory
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Of a woman with a darker set of eyes.

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Well, the arms that used to cling to me don't have that passion now,
Though a hand on one end never fails to wave,
And I manage to look content with that, but God, I don't know how,
And something tells me I'll take that to my grave.
I'll miss how extatic she became from every single kiss,
And that body, the perfect shape and perfect size,
But I can't think of anything, that in this life, I'll miss,
Like the light that shines from a darker set of eyes.

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