Martha (from closing time)
operator, number please, it's been so many years
she'll remember my old voice while i fight the tears
hello hello there is this martha this is old tom frost
i am calling long distance don't worry 'bout the cost
it's been fourteen years or more now martha please recall
and meet me out for dinner where we'll talk about it all

and those were days of roses of poetry and prose
and martha all i had was you and all you had was me
there was no tomorrow we packed away our sorrows
and we saved them for a rainy day

i feel so much older now you're so much older too
how's the husband, how's the kids
you know that i got married too
lucky that you found someone who makes you feel secure
we were all so young and foolish now we are mature

and those were...

i was always so impulsive guess that i still am
all that really mattered then was that i was a man
guess that our bein' together wasn't meant to be
martha martha i love you can't you see

and those were...

i remember quiet evenings trembling close to you

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