When last I spoke to Carol I said


I can't pretend it gets easier

She said, "I've hung on, I have edged


Along this narrow ledge


Since the day I was born in 1975




When last I spoke to Carol I said


I can't pretend I feel love for you

She said, "I've hammered a smile


Across this pasty face of mine


Since the day I was born in 1975"




When I said goodbye to Carol


Black earth upon the casket fell

She had faded to something I always knew


To the rescue nobody ever comes




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