Imagine My SurpriseDavid Crane (?)

I nev er- be lieved- that Id meet a man

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with whom I could spend the rest of my life.

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I nev er- be lieved- in some charm ing- prince or a

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man of my dreams. And since I nev er- be lieved-

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that an y- of that crap was true. I mag- ine-

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my sur prise- when I met you. I met

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you and its trum pets- and bells and its birds and its

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words like rap ture- and joy and boy, I

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could nt- be lieve- it. But I

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al ways- be lieved- that soon er- or lat er- you would some how- slip

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up and say some thing- dumb. Some thought less- re mark-

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that Id sud den- ly- pause and youd be noth ing-

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spec ial.- Be cause- I al ways- be lieved-

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that no one could stay so good. I mag- ine- my sur prise-

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when you could, and you did, and got bet ter- and

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bet ter- while I just stood by fall ing- deep er- and then.

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A gain- I could nt- be lieve- it. But I

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woke up one day and saw my de fens es- my well thought out

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care ful- ly- chos en- de fens es- my i ron- clad hard boiled, in -

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sol u- ble- walls. And lay er- by lay er- by lay er- been melt ed- a -

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way.- And I still cant be lieve-

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I met a man with whom I could spend the rest of my

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life. I still cant be lieve- that youre real ly- gone that the

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man of my dreams is gone. I still cant be lieve-

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that it nev er- oc curred- to me. I might not

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be the dream for you, I ma- gine- my sur prise.-

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