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from The Sacred and Profane by Tim Birchard with Chris Birchard

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To call a Time Out, my Dears
If I ever could
To sit together comparing notes
I think I would

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And laugh about connections
That happened only after
We would never speak again

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In case of emergency
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In case of catastrophe
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In case of owner injury while searching for ecstacy
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Like looking into your eyes
and asking, "Is this the very last time we'll ever make love?"
And you say, "Yes."

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When your heart goes up in flames
Your dreams die with no remains
And you find the pages blank
Only have yourself to thank

Like the time I saw your face
Exactly one week after I had spread my lover's ashes
at the very same place

Like deciding to close the door
Only to find your loving hands reach out for mine

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from The Sacred and Profane, track released July 24, 2012
Special thanks to Dave Kairis for the baritone ukulele.

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