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This is NOT where I thought it was going to go... 3/4 of the first line stolen from "Fly Like an Eagle" by a band or singing or... Aha. MUSICIAN who I forget their name.
Send me home. Before the storm. Don't leave me standing in the rain. Beating at your door. Oh send me home. Send me home. Let me climb into my own bed. Where I may rest my sorry head. Oh send me home.
I threw a coin into the well Like I did with every other one I've come across. And I wished hard. I wished for you. I do not believe in wishes Nor wells and happily-ever-afters.
I wish I could fall asleep and wake up in a different world, a different life, a different everything, but the problem is that it miles away from the thought.
The cards were dealt, the scene was set. A chance to clear a heavy debt. He'd risked it all before, and won. But this time wasn't so much fun. He had to win to change his life.
Please don't leave, I beg you, I'm awful on my own. Please can we talk about this. You can't leave me alone. Don't you walk out that door, And leave me standing here. Please, let's try and work it...
He put his flask back into the inside pocket of his grubby brown coat and then wiped the droplets of swill off his unshaven face and onto the back of his sleeve.