A Single Look Behind

music and lyrics by Bradford Proctor

STEADY BUT REFLECTIVE

Sev - eral sum -mers come and go

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life is com - fort able,

- time is spent. All their ducks are in a row she is

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per fect
- - ly con tent
- but he is rest - less,he is need - y, he has things to do, a

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thou - sand oth- er peo ple to pur - sue Suf - fo - cat - ing, nau - se - a - ting,more than he can chew, and

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all the while, he knows that she's think - ing: She will love him ev - ery - day in the most a - maz - ing way

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and noth - ing will change her mind Not a sing - le needfor dang - er, no de -si - re for a strang

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er, and nev -er a sing - le look be hind.

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Life be comes
- a sing -le blur they are com - fort - able, time is spent

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Through his teeth, he'll prom - ise her that he is per - fect - ly con - tent but he is weak, and he is pri - vate,

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he has things to do, a gi - ant world of peo - ple to pur - sue I - deal - is - tic,nar - cis - sis - tic

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thoughts are break - ing through, and kil - ling him to know that she's think - ing: She will love him ev - ery - day

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in the most at - ten - tive way, and noth - ing will change her mind Not a sing - le hes - i - ta

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- tion, just a ten - der ad - mir -a - tion and nev - er a sing - le look be - hind, I should save her from me

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and what I would be to her, I'll save her from me and what

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I would be, and she'd be bet - ter off with - out me. Would I love her ev - ery - day in an un - re - sent - ful way,

SLOWER, WIDER

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with noth - ing to change my mind? If there's log - ic to be us - ing, I can save my - self from choos

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- ing I'll nev - er give a sing - le look be - hind.

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