Sitting here in Avalon, looking at the pouring rain
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Summertime has come and gone and everybody's home again
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Closing down for the season, I found the last of the souvenirs
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I can still taste the wedding cake and it's sweet after all these years
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These are the last words I have to say
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That's why this took so long to write
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There will be other words some other day
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But that's the story of my life
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There's comfot in my coffee cup and apples in the early fall
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They're pulling all the moorings up and gathering at the Legion Hall
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They swept away all the streamers after the Labor Day parade
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Nothing left for a dream now, only one final serenade
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And these are the last words I have to say
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Before another age goes by
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With all those other songs I'll have to play
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But that's the story of my life
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And it's so clear standing here where I am
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Ain't that what justice is for?
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Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn anymore
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Stack the chairs on the table tops
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Hang the sheets on the chandeliers
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It slows down but it never stops
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Ain't it sweet after all these years
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And these are the last words I have to say
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It's always hard to say goodbye
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But now it's time to put this book away
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Ain't that the story of my life
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Eric Wincentsen
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Glendale Community College
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Glendale, Arizona
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"I'm just marking my territory..."
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Famous Last Words
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Billy Joel |