Same Old Lang Syne
Dan Fogelberg"Same Old Lang Syne" is a song by Dan Fogelberg, released in 2001 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:12 long and contains 50 lines and 340 words.
Lyrics
0:02Same Old Lang Syne
0:04Dan Fogelberg
0:18Met my old lover in the grocery store
0:22The snow was falling Christmas Eve
0:27I stole behind her in the frozen foods
0:31And I touched her on the sleeve
0:36She didn't recognize the face at first
0:40But then her eyes flew open wide
0:45She went to hug me and she spilled her purse
0:49And we laughed until we cried
1:12We took her groceries to the checkout stand
1:16The food was totalled up and bagged
1:20We stood there lost in our embarrassment
1:24As the conversation dragged
1:29We went to have ourselves a drink or two
1:34But couldn't find an open bar
1:38We bought a six-pack at the liquor store
1:42And we drank it in her car
1:48We drank a toast to innocence
1:51We drank a toast to now
1:56And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
2:00But neither one knew how
2:05She said she'd married her an architect
2:09Who kept her warm and safe and dry
2:14She would have liked to say she loved the man
2:17But she didn't like to lie
2:23I said the years had been a friend to her
2:27And that her eyes were still as blue
2:31But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw
2:36Doubt or gratitude
2:40She said she saw me in the record stores
2:45And that I must be doing well
2:49I said the audience was heavenly
2:53But the traveling was hell
2:58We drank a toast to innocence
3:02We drank a toast to now
3:07And tried to reach beyond the emptiness
3:11But neither one knew how
3:16We drank a toast to innocence
3:19We drank a toast to time
3:25Reliving in our eloquence
3:28Another 'auld lang syne'
3:37The beer was empty and our tongues were tired
3:41And running out of things to say
3:46She gave a kiss to me as I got out
3:49And I watched her drive away
3:55Just for a moment I was back at school
4:00And felt that old familiar pain
4:07And as I turned to make my way back home
4:12The snow turned into rain
Same Old Lang Syne Dan Fogelberg Met my old lover in the grocery store The snow was falling Christmas Eve I stole behind her in the frozen foods And I touched her on the sleeve She didn't recognize the face at first But then her eyes flew open wide She went to hug me and she spilled her purse And we laughed until we cried We took her groceries to the checkout stand The food was totalled up and bagged We stood there lost in our embarrassment As the conversation dragged We went to have ourselves a drink or two But couldn't find an open bar We bought a six-pack at the liquor store And we drank it in her car We drank a toast to innocence We drank a toast to now And tried to reach beyond the emptiness But neither one knew how She said she'd married her an architect Who kept her warm and safe and dry She would have liked to say she loved the man But she didn't like to lie I said the years had been a friend to her And that her eyes were still as blue But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw Doubt or gratitude She said she saw me in the record stores And that I must be doing well I said the audience was heavenly But the traveling was hell We drank a toast to innocence We drank a toast to now And tried to reach beyond the emptiness But neither one knew how We drank a toast to innocence We drank a toast to time Reliving in our eloquence Another 'auld lang syne' The beer was empty and our tongues were tired And running out of things to say She gave a kiss to me as I got out And I watched her drive away Just for a moment I was back at school And felt that old familiar pain And as I turned to make my way back home The snow turned into rain
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