Listening to Levon
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1. I was sitting with Mary in my dad’s blue Valiant,
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rain
was coming down and the radio was playing.
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And Mary was talking a million
miles a minute,
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I could not hear one word she was saying.
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‘Cause I was lost I was gone
listening to Levon,
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in another
world, oh, in another place.
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I was lost,
I was gone, listening to Levon,
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I was looking in Mary’s eyes, but I was listening to Levon,
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oh yeah.
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2. Mary’s hair was black that
much I remember,
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Mary’s skin was smooth, I remember that, too.
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And she’d open her eyes, sometimes
when she kissed me,
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I don’t know why she did that, maybe Mary knew ...
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That I was lost I was gone listening to Levon,
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in
another place, oh, in some other
world.
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Yeah, I was lost,
I was gone, listening to Levon,
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I was looking at the girl, but I was listening to Levon,
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oh yeah.
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I changed her name to
protect the innocent.
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I might have even lied about
the car.
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But this is just to say I’m
sorry if I hurt you,
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but
Mary if you’re out there ‘cause you know - - - who you are.
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Sorry baby !
+ instrumental = verse 3, lines 1 to 4
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3. Well, it serves me right, if
you can’t even hear me singing,
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if
you tuned me out a long time ago.
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And it serves me right, if you
already changed the station,
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and you’re listening
right now to that ol’ boy on the radio.
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And you’re lost, and you’re
gone listening to Levon,
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in
another world, oh, from some other
place.
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Are you lost, are you gone listening
to Levon ?
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Is there a smile upon your
face while you’re listening to Levon.
(orig. = capo 5th) (Marc Cohn)