Same Old Lang Syne-Dan Fogelberg

[ti:Same Old Lang Syne] [ar:Dan Fogelberg] [al:The Innocent Age] [by:] [offset:0] [00:02.29]Same Old Lang Syne [00:03.85] [00:04.60]Dan Fogelberg [00:05.66] [00:18.58]Met my old lover in the grocery store [00:21.88] [00:22.88]The snow was falling Christmas Eve [00:26.56] [00:27.37]I stole behind her in the frozen foods [00:31.05]And I touched her on the sleeve [00:34.18] [00:36.36]She didn't recognize the face at first [00:39.91] [00:40.85]But then her eyes flew open wide [00:44.35] [00:45.47]She went to hug me and she spilled her purse [00:49.09]And we laughed until we cried [00:53.91] [01:12.32]We took her groceries to the checkout stand [01:15.38] [01:16.44]The food was totalled up and bagged [01:20.12] [01:20.81]We stood there lost in our embarrassment [01:24.36]As the conversation dragged [01:28.04] [01:29.98]We went to have ourselves a drink or two [01:32.91] [01:34.16]But couldn't find an open bar [01:37.40] [01:38.59]We bought a six-pack at the liquor store [01:42.08]And we drank it in her car [01:46.88] [01:48.13]We drank a toast to innocence [01:51.06]We drank a toast to now [01:53.93] [01:56.43]And tried to reach beyond the emptiness [01:59.61] [02:00.17]But neither one knew how [02:03.92] [02:05.22]She said she'd married her an architect [02:08.35] [02:09.66]Who kept her warm and safe and dry [02:13.02] [02:14.09]She would have liked to say she loved the man [02:17.71]But she didn't like to lie [02:20.64] [02:23.01]I said the years had been a friend to her [02:26.32] [02:27.38]And that her eyes were still as blue [02:31.06] [02:31.87]But in those eyes I wasn't sure if I saw [02:35.43] [02:36.05]Doubt or gratitude [02:38.36] [02:40.73]She said she saw me in the record stores [02:44.10] [02:45.16]And that I must be doing well [02:48.78] [02:49.59]I said the audience was heavenly [02:53.21]But the traveling was hell [02:56.33] [02:58.95]We drank a toast to innocence [03:02.01]We drank a toast to now [03:04.69] [03:07.50]And tried to reach beyond the emptiness [03:10.31] [03:11.06]But neither one knew how [03:13.80] [03:16.55]We drank a toast to innocence [03:19.48]We drank a toast to time [03:22.29] [03:25.22]Reliving in our eloquence [03:27.66] [03:28.53]Another 'auld lang syne' [03:35.08] [03:37.39]The beer was empty and our tongues were tired [03:40.64] [03:41.64]And running out of things to say [03:44.32] [03:46.07]She gave a kiss to me as I got out [03:49.87]And I watched her drive away [03:53.05] [03:55.24]Just for a moment I was back at school [03:58.29] [04:00.85]And felt that old familiar pain [04:04.29] [04:07.53]And as I turned to make my way back home [04:11.46] [04:12.08]The snow turned into rain