Fountains Of Wayne
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Small Favors

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Small Favors

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I have to sit you down

Let me tell you what it's all about

Cause I've been carrying a torch around

And I've forgotten how to snuff it out

And you have been unkind

And that's a matter I cannot ignore

You have to skirt around the truth sometimes

But it's time I told you what I came here for

To thank you for all the small favors

I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us

And take us to a time when we were strangers

In a two-station town

You can't get the train to slow down

Small favors

Oh to you as sure as she was honest

And now do you remember when you promised

To forgive me someday

The debts that I can't repay

The debts that I can't repay

And I cannot forget

You looked at me as if I'd lost a bet

And I hadn't opened up my big mouth yet

And I thought of crawling back into the plane

And though it's sad to tell

I still remember how the dry-eye felt

Across the curtains in the cheap hotel

Lit-up dust clouds in the window pane

And I thank you for all the small favors

I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us

And take us to a time when we were strangers

In a two-station town

You can't get the train to slow down

Small favors

I'm thinkin' now I hope it doesn't change us

And take us to a time when we were strangers

In a two-station town

You can't get the train to slow down

Small favors

Oh to you as sure as she was honest

Now do you remember when you promised

Forgive me someday

The debts that I can't repay

The debts that I can't repay

The debts that I can't repay

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