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When I Was Yours

from The Cheese Stands Alone by Mark Lint

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Written and recorded in 1997

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When I was yours I wasn't acting my best
I wasn't acting my worst neither

When I was yours you were immune to the test
I didn’t care if you failed, I would adapt

And that was the wrong way to deal with a baby
Like you were

After all, I’ve been in service
I’ve been around my block and the next one
Now I drive past you on my way to work
That’s a good symbol

For when I was yours, yes, I expected a lot
But never enforced it with awareness
When I was yours I saved us both some time
By acting the lummox that I am

And that was the wrong way to deal with a lady
Who is not my type

After all, I’m kinda hippie, while you were just curvaceous
But you’ve been around the sick and underaged
And you won’t swallow the ideas and stuff I nurture
While you look untoward

You were the wrong way
And I missed you
Missed you by force

You were the wrong way
Of course
When I was yours

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from The Cheese Stands Alone, released December 12, 2015
Written and performed by Mark Linsenmayer

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Mark Lint Madison, Wisconsin

Catchy, homespun tunes ranging in style from power pop to folk ballads to alt country, laced with a sense of the absurd.

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