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I kiss her in the mornings and I ask her why

She corrects me when I say goodbye

Do the things that happen when we're small

Change the very fabric of us all?

23 when it occurred to me

That I could be surrounded and lonely

Surrounded and lonely

Are you lonely?

Family's the only thing that's permanent

For the ones you hate, it's so hard to get over them

Remove the bad parts and start them over, then

Lord the parts that worked back over them

23 when it occurred to me

That I could be surrounded and lonely

I was 23 when it occurred to me

That I could be surrounded and lonely

Surrounded and lonely

Are you lonely?

The rents are far too high

The traffic's far too loud

Why can I taste the air?

Why is everybody looking at the ground?

23 when it occurred to me

That I could be surrounded and lonely

I was 23 when it occurred to me

That I could be surrounded and lonely

Family's the only thing that's permanent

So the ones you hate, it's so hard to get over them

Remove the bad parts and start them over, then

Lord the parts that worked back over them

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