Cecily Smith (Bonus Track)

The war was over, I was living with my folks
 I yelled upstairs "Hey mom, I'm off to grab some smokes"
 And my father called, "Why you need to smoke so late?"
 Well I'd lied, I had a date
 Free from my folks' enslavement
 Skippin' along the pavement
 To see a brunette, who I'd never met
 But I never would forget, how she looked in that dress
 How she stuck out her hand and said
 "My name is Cecily Smith and I hope you like music
 'Cause I've got two tickets for La Traviata"
 That's when I said, "I hate opera"
 She laughed and said, "Well lucky for you
 That you're with Cecily Smith
 Who cares what you are listening to
 It's who you're listening with"
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 So we take our seats, her hands are folded in her lap
 If not a kiss, then I at least will get a nap
 So I close my eyes as the orchestra begins
 Then I hear violins
 And the hair on my neck was rising
 A feeling new and surprising
 But it wasn't the sound that made my heart pound
 No, it was because I found her hand is in mine
 And that's where it will stay until they play the final chord
 She says, "Were you bored?"
 And I say, "I guess it wasn't quite so bad
 It was the best time that I ever had"
 She laughed and said, "Well lucky for you
 I got seats to Beethoven's Fifth
 Who cares what you are listening to
 It's who you're listening with"
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 A perfect wife
 A perfect life
 The time exploded like a bullet from a gun
 A week, a year, and then a marriage, and a son
 And a rental where I still can hear her laugh
 When I play the phonograph
 So I let the music guide me
 And Cecily sits beside me
 A girl of nineteen, with a nervous marine
 Feel her head begin to lean, as the melody soars
 And though it was real, it doesn't feel like it could be
 That night when you said to me
 That I've got two tickets for La Traviata
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 It's sad but true, how much I miss you
 I miss you Cecily Smith
 Life is not the things that we do
 It's who we're doing them with