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Many words are falling you don’t care
wasted lips forget and have some fun

each time you leave I make a vow
this will draw the line

thanks for something I can’t win
heartache I can’t use

I hate to admit the talk is true
my past is getting warmer while yours is growing old

someone new is crying in the most familiar way
I didn’t do one wrong thing to you

© 2002, Kate Lilley
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Kate Lilley

Kate Lilley

(Australia, 1960)

Kate Lilley was born in Perth. After undergraduate studies at the University of Sydney Kate completed her doctorate on Masculine Elegy at the University of London and went on to postdoctoral research at St Hilda\'s College Oxford as the Julia Mann Junior Research Fellow. She now teaches Literary History and Critical Theory at the University of Sydney.

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Many words are falling you don’t care
wasted lips forget and have some fun

each time you leave I make a vow
this will draw the line

thanks for something I can’t win
heartache I can’t use

I hate to admit the talk is true
my past is getting warmer while yours is growing old

someone new is crying in the most familiar way
I didn’t do one wrong thing to you

From: Versary

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