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Artist: Maddy Prior
Canonical path: /maddy-prior/half-listening
Related lyric paths: 6
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Half Listening
Read Half Listening lyrics by Maddy Prior on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Half Listening
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I rearranged the furniture
While you read me the riot act
I counted the pints on the doorstep
While you told me the things I lacked
I drove you nearly mad with rage
As I sat and quietly tore the page
Into tiny little pieces
Whilst you held centre stage
Chorus:
Half listening my mind is far away
Half listening half an ear on what you say
I contemplated the garden
And the plants that I'd like to grow
While you shrieked about the business
And how little they all know
I tidied up the garden shed
Whilst you called me a dunderhead
Not a thought you left unsaid
As I pondered quietly
I know your doubts I know your fears
I know your laughter and your tears
Together we've come through all these years
And I love you as you are
Half listening your mind if far away
Half listening half an ear on what I say
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Maddy Prior performs "Half Listening", and this lyric page sits inside the Maddy Prior catalog on LyroVerse.
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