The Other End of the Telescope
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                        (Costello/Mann)

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Verse   Shall we agree that just this once I'm gonna change my life
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        Until it's just as tiny or important as you like
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        And in time we won't even recall that we spoke
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        Words that turned out to be as big as smoke
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        As smoke disappears in the air
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        There's always something smoldering somewhere

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Chorus: I know it don't make a difference to you
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        But oh it sure made a difference to me
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        You'll see me off in the distance I hope
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        At the other end
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        At the other end of the telescope

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Verse   The promise of indulgence in my confidential voice
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        Approached immortal danger but you'll never know how close
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        Then down the hall I overheard such a heavenly choir
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        They interrupted my evil desires
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        One day you're up in the clouds
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        The next thing you're down with the Sweet Adelines

                        (chorus)

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Bridge: Lie down baby now don't say a word
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        There there baby your vision is blurred
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        Your head is so sore from all of that thinking
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        I don't want to hurt you now
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        But I think you're shrinking

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Verse   You're half naked ambition and you're half out of your wits
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        Or several tiny fractions that this portrait still omits
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        Now it's so hard to pick the receiver up when I call
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        I never noticed you could be so small
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        The answer was under your nose
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        But the question never arose

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Chorus: I know it don't make a difference to you
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        But oh it sure made a difference to me
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        You'll see me off in the distance I hope
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        With a bamboo needle on a shellac of Chopin
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        And the cast iron heart that you failed to tear open
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        At the other end
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        At the other end of the telescope