Martha by Tom Waits

Operator, number, please: it's been so many days Will she remember my old voice while I fight the tears? Hello, hello there. Is this Martha? his is old om !rost, "nd I am #alling long distan#e, don't worry about the cost. It's been thirty years or more, now Martha please re#all, Meet me out for #offee, where we'll speak about it all. Chorus And those were days of roses, poetry and prose 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.

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"nd I feel so mu#h better now, and you're mu#h older too, &u#$y that you found someone to ma$e you feel secure, We were all so young and foolish, now we are mature. Chorus "nd I was always so sensible, I guess that I still am, "nd all that really mattered then was that I was a man. I think that our being together was ne'er meant to be. "nd Martha, Martha, I lo'e you #an't you feel? Chorus "nd I remember (uiet e'enings trembling #lose to you...

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"nd how's your boyfriend? "nd how's the $ids? %ou $now that I got married too?________

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