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I met a friend in a bar last nightA girl from a far away pastWe counted and worked out that it'd been more than seven yearsSince we saw each other lastShe looked so much older I'd have to sayShe used to dress so lovely and smartAnd now her colours, they were faded and her hair was a messHer expression was tired and hardI asked her what she had been up to since thenShe hesitated a whileShe drew a nervous breath and sighed "Not much to be honest"Through a shame-faced smileWe sat there all night, side by sideThe conversation was slowA few times I got up and said "Okay well..."But I could tell she didn't want me to goAt three in the morning she suddenly said"Truth is I've done nothing at allMy mind's been much too busy thinking of a manAnd waiting for him to call""He left me on the day that I turned 21SongtexteFor years now I've been on my ownI'm scared that if I change or if I leave my house too longI won't be there when he decides to come home"I asked about the man and her eyes lit up!Say "stuff his name" brought her right out of her shellShe said "It wasn't always easy, he's a complicated manBut I know he loves me and I know he meant well""He still calls now and then in the dead of my nightsHe asks if I'm alone in the bedAnd I tell him 'Babe of course I am, I'm yours now and for ever,PLEASE DON'T HANG UP!!...'And then the line goes dead"Wow nice guy!I met a friend in a bar last nightA girl that lives in the pastI got up on my feet and I ran outThinking "Please don't let me catch the cruel disease she has!" Aus Songtexte Mania