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To Forget You


People see me comin’,
They always act dismayed
I guess I stayed when I should have left
And you left when you should have stayed
I don’t see why my future has turned into my past
Let me thank though one more time
You set me free at last
Now I have time for all the things
You said I’d never do

And tonight I promise I’ll forget you.

I remember the day that we first me
It was at the county fair
You had on a dress of blue cotton
Red ribbons–in your hair
You said your name--it was Cara Finn
That was the first of many lies
But I didn’t know it, at the time
I was arguing with your eyes
Those like eyes like angel sapphires
From a dark bayou

And tonight I promise I’ll forget you.

You said that I reminded you
Of your first real love affair
I wish you’d fill me in
A little more before I care
Now you say that your doin’ better
You say it’s a brand new day
Ahhh...people say all kinds of things
It’s amazing what people will say
And meanwhile a stand each afternoon
Staring at my shoes

And tonight I promise I’ll forget you.

So these days I’m studying architecture
I build buildings in my head
I married Cheryl, she’s a senator’s girl
And I’m happy inside of her bed
But now and then she catches me staring into space
And I hate to see that disappointment written all over her face
‘Cause I know she that thinks the world of me.
I know she’s always true.

That’s why tonight I promise I’ll forget you.

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from A Cast of Thousands, released October 30, 2010
Written by Marshall Stax

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A Cast of Thousands Auburn, New York

A quartet from "History's Hometown", Auburn, New York. Their songs have been described as “barnstormers”, “simple stabs at precious pop”, with a “rough and ready sonic immediacy.” Since 2010, they’ve recorded seven albums.

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