Once upon a memory
A time and place so long ago
There was you and there was me
And a third I didn't know
As we grew the third came with us
He had been there from the start
Although you said you loved me
It was the other that held your heart
Empty answerphone messages
The number always withheld
And the occasional letter
Your name always strangely spelled
You became ever distant
Resistant to my touch
And then, with tears, the truth
I should have guessed as much
A conversation overheard
It was no-one, you would swear
But he's come from third to first
And me first to nowhere
You were all I ever wanted
But I had to let you go
Give me one last moment
Just to let you know
I want you more than need you
And I want you for all time
But I love you so I've freed you
For I know you'll never be mine...
2 lines from 'Witchita Lineman' by Glen Campbell
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