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One sunny afternoon, Allison
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Sat on her back porch rocking chair
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Sipping the lemonade she'd made the day before
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Gazing at the breeze in the willow trees, she said
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My life's like this hanging backyard swing
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Just waiting around for someone's hand to fling me round
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And back and forth it's all the same when they come and gone
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I'm still alone
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Rising from her chair, she added sugar cubes and laughed
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It must be the family recipe
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Rich and beautiful but never nearly sweet enough
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Finishing her glass with grace she slipped on down the back stairs
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She followed the old trail through the space between the trees
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Until the stream where she removed her summer dress
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And folding it up she said
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All I want is that the rain pours down
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And it sweeps me away
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How I'd love to see that the river runs right through me
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Feel the steady stream as it pushes me to sea
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I have been thinking my life out
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It keeps on running me down
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Arriving at half past four in came Norm
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Scholar and live-in family friend
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A kind of gentlemen caller with his eye on Allison
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He knew there was trouble while walking up the driveway
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He ran with a trail of papers flying everywhere
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Knowing that seconds could determine everything
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And as he drew near he saw what Allison had done
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What she'd done
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He knew just what to do and into the water he flew
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It turned out easy to do
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No more thinking it through
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Wake up Ally it's you it's you
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Oh, hon... How I'd love to see that the river runs right through me
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Feel the steady stream as it pushes me to see
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I have been thinking my life out
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It keeps on running me down
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Oh, hon... How I'd love to see that the river runs right through me
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Feel the steady stream as it pushes me to sea
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I have been thinking my life out
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I think that I'm gonna let it run out
