I See You in Crowds

i'm counting on a friend of a friend
to get word to you and back / that since the end
i found a crack / in my resolve to forget
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i'm hoping you will be glad
that i remember / what we had - fire in December
and not a thought to regret
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(refrain) i see you in crowds / the music is loud
two deep at the bar
i hate to think / that's you sharing a drink
in a booth, in the back, in the dark
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i'm wondering what i might say
if i get the chance / i'm not ready today
to ask you to dance
i never did - how could i start?
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believing my own fantasy
stronger than doubt / even in me
you made it out
with half of my heart
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i see you in crowds / it's always the same
get a strange look when i call out your name
i hate to think of us sharing a drink
in a booth, in the back, in the dark
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that's all i want to say, really.
ok if you don't know Fred's song "Crowds", you should. it's the classic obsessed lost love song, true work of art.
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Fred's character's obesession is that he still looks for his lost love in crowds. my character sees his there.
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and it made it somehow easier that the song is so perfect - the bar is set so high that there is no longer a bar.
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the song is very short - about two minutes flat. i considered a bridge in the middle, but the two parts, before and after, are balanced and need no exposition.
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plus - the month is young, i'm sure i'll need something in reserve at some point. this project is a marathon - my songwriting is usually a sprint.
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