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Artist: Kathy Mattea
Canonical path: /kathy-mattea/where-ve-you-been
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Where've You Been
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Where've You Been
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Claire had all but given up when she and Edwin fell in love
She touched his face and shook her head in disbelief she sighed and said
In many dreams I've held you near but now at last you're really here
Where've you been I've looked for you forever and a day
Where've you been I'm just not myself when you're away
He asked her for her hand for life and she became a salesman's wife
He was home each night by eight but one stormy evening he was late
Her frightened tears fell to the floor until his key turned in the door
Where've you been...
They'd never spent a night apart for sixty years she heard him snore
Now they're in the hospital in separate beds on different floors
Claire soon lost her memory forgot the names of family
She never spoke a word again then one day they wheeled him in
He held her hand and stroked her head in a fragile voice she said
Where've you been...
No I'm just not myself when you're away
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