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There are times when it's hard to know how to come away
When it seems that our worlds are the same in a way
And though I'd be happy to join you and stay
For the purposes of living every day
I go around in my self-contained world
My own trumpet sounding, my own flag unfurled
And on high, so the sky
Can see that it's me alone, right or wrong
I live without you, my mind is too full
To be thinking about you, the wool's
Nowhere near my eyes, I surprise
Myself at how well I do get along
For I sleep solidly right through the night
I would keep extraneous dreams out of sight
But the fact is I don't dream at all
At least nothing that I can recall
And when I see you my voice is calm
There's no uneasiness in my hello
Our worlds coincide and collide without harm
To either of us as far as I know
For when I am with you my own world's still the same
And it's easy to do and to say what I came
To say, still I come away
Feeling I forgot something I forgot to say
So if in your world you should come upon me
Mine's the flag that's unfurled, mine's the trumpet, top C
Maybe then I will end
My solo pretence of trying to be cool and too wise
And I'll let you pull the wool over my eyes
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