Intro
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verse 1
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Let me tell you 'bout a friend of mine
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He's a short order cook
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Long on speed, short on spice
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He reads his customers like a book
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He's seen this, and he's done that
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Now he's makin' fried eggs an art
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But there's one thing he can't fix no how
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There's a longing in his heart
verse 2
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He's tried for years to work it out
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At the grill and at his home
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Well he talks to his friends, talks to himself
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He talks the chicken right off the bone
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Talks to his woman and she understands
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You know they're always eye to eye
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She runs the joint, they live out back
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Small house under a big sky
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Well even the stars at night agree
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She sky is falling apart
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She knows cause she can feel it too
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There's a longing in her heart
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A longing in her heart
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Longing in her heart
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verse 3
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Well now you and me, we're just like them
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We never wanted to be alone
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So we made a pact, sealed with desire
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For a happier house and home
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Only to find it doesn't untie
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The knot where feelings die
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There's a longing deep inside our hearts
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And no one to tell us why
verse 4
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Our friends aren't looking for anything new
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They wouldn't know where to look
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Well her, she likes running the joint
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And he likes being a cook
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Together they're doing very well
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They're might glad they could
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But there's a fire burning towards them now
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Coming from a distant wood
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And even the stars at night agree
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That the sky is falling apart
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We know 'cause we can feel it too
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There's a longing in our hearts
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A longing in our hearts
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Longing in our hearts
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