Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Carly Simon
Canonical path: /carly-simon/the-best-thing
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Best Thing
Read The Best Thing lyrics by Carly Simon on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Best Thing
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I was his foreigner
And he was mine
We ate on terraces
And drank the cheapest wine
And he believed in me
Down by the serpentine
How was I to know
It was the best thing
To come along for a long time
I turned the page
And saw three children with smiles
I looked to see
What I could make of the youngest child
And as she blew the candles out
She turned five
How was I to know
It was the best thing
To come along for a long time
What do the people at the end of the world do
About time? What about time?
Their secret sleeps with me
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Carly Simon performs "The Best Thing", and this lyric page sits inside the Carly Simon catalog on LyroVerse.
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