Stories Don't End

From the paper umbrellas in both of our drinks
 To the shadows that walk without us
 My account of the details is as clear as you'd think
 Kept up by friends that still ask about us
 If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
 It'd be longer than I'd recommend
 'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
 But stories don't end
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 The remains of a person, the habits of a ghost
 You can still find in the places you used to
 Still reading off cue cards, and raising a toast
 To the stories I still tell about you
 But the plot line wanders and versions change
 And I don't know where to quit
 If I tried to show every side of you through words of a song
 I'd say a fraction of what I'd intend
 'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
 But stories don't end
 The next time I see you, and my conscience tells me
 That the episode has long since been closed
 But he's not the one that gets up every morning
 And wonders how long a memory keeps its pose
 And how much that the man beside you knows
 And how much of the toll it's taken shows
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 Like a famous singer that lost his voice
 That we all still want to meet
 If our lives were a movie, if our lives were a book
 It'd be longer than I could defend
 'Cause if you're telling a story, at some point you stop
 But stories don't end
 Stories don't end, no
 Stories don't end
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 They go on and on
 Just someone stops listening
 They go on and on