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There He was never there Every time we talked I'd look in his eyes And his mind was... where? I don't mean to say Life was gloom and doom Things were always pleasant If i needed help He was in the room He just wasn't present He just wasn't there Never really there I felt so unhinged I went out and binged Had that dumb affair Still the fault's not mine Quoting gertrude stein There was just no there there There there Don't know why i care 'Cept that i am here 'Cause he wasn't Man 3 (woman 2) There(there) I was never...(there) ...there She was always (there) Saying george be (there) And my mind said... where? Did i have a choice? Love is worth a fight Not a thing you squander (yoo hoo george?) Then i'd hear her voice (george?) Urgent and uptight (hello?) And my mind would wander (come in george) So i wasn't there (couldn't he be there?) Never really there (once an evening there) And i felt maligned That my vagrant mind Meant i didn't care (it was clear that he didn't care) Then to make things smooth She would try to soothe Sticking in her "there, there" there (there there) Got out of her hair 'Cause she made it clear That i wasn't there Woman 2 (man 3) I'm not a jerk Thought it's the way i seem (wanted to be there) He had his work I gave him time to dream (knew i should be there) Lost my desire Waiting till he awoke (worked at being there) Longing for fire Living with smoke Isn't a joke Man 3 (woman 2) I tried to go her way Wanting things improved Tired of being not there (Is it so hard a task?) Think of my dismay Finding she had moved By the time i got there (Too much to ask?) She was over there (I was here, i was always here) Where the hell was there? (There was here Could it be more clear?) Both Groping like the blind How we hoped to find One place we could share Faults we tried to hide Living side by side Funny, when they're there, they're there Woman 2 There, there And it isn't fair Man 3 No, it really isn't fair Woman 2 That we wind up here Man 3 That we wind up here Both When we once were ...there. Do do do do do do do do do do do...