"Standing In The Doorway"


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I'm a-walkin' through the summer nights
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The jukebox playing low
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Yesterday everything was goin' too fast
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Today it's moving too slow.

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I got no place left to turn
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I got nothing left to burn
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Don't know if I saw you If I would kiss you or kill you
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It probably wouldn't matter to you anyhow
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You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
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I got nothing to go back to now.

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The light in this place is so bad
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Makin' me sick in the head
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All the laughter is just makin' me sad
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The stars have turned cherry red.

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I'm strummin' on my gay guitar
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Smokin' a cheap cigar
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The ghost of our old love has not gone away
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Don't look it like it will any time soon
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You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
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Under the midnight moon.


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Maybe they'll get me, and maybe they won't
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But not tonight and it won't be here
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There are things I could say but I don't
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I know the mercy of God must be near.


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I've been ridin' the midnight train
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Got ice water in my vein.


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I would be crazy if I took you back
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It would go up against every rule
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You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
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sufferin' like a fool.


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When the last rays of daylight go down
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Buddy you're older or more
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I can hear the church bells ringin' in the yard
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I wonder who they're ringin' for?


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I know             I can't win
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But my heart just won't give in.


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Last night I danced with a stranger
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But she just reminded me you were the one.

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You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
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in the dark land of the sun.


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I'll eat when I'm hungry, Drink when I'm dry
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And live my life on the square
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And even if the flesh falls off of my face
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I know someone will be there to care.


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It always meaned so much, 
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even the softest touch

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I see nothin' to be gained by any explanation
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There's no words that need to be said
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You left me standin' in the doorway cryin'
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Blues wrapped around my head.