Absent Friend (How I Need You)

[00:34.54] My ashtray's flowing over,
[00:42.66] And the 'phone's left off the hook.
[00:49.89] I've been staring for three hours
[00:58.08] At the first page of a book.
[01:04.30] Day and night I keep the curtains drawn,
[01:12.59] And curse the very day that I was born,
[01:19.76] And get to thinking,
[01:23.34] How I need you,
[01:43.29] I keep staring at my wristwatch,
[01:51.49] Until it's ticking fills the room,
[01:58.63] And the hollow sound reminds me
[02:06.80] Of the silence of a tomb,
[02:14.06] And as the ceiling and the walls close in,
[02:21.39] And the furniture begins to spin,
[02:31.27] How I need you,
[03:05.69] And as the days go passing by,
[03:12.94] How I need you.
[03:21.00] Days turn into weeks,
[03:23.71] And it doesn't get much better,
[03:27.49] How I need you.
[03:44.61] As I reel against the wall,
[03:50.92] And my musty head is aching
[03:58.10] As I stagger down the hall;
[04:06.33] Then I fill the broken glass once more,
[04:12.65] And fling the empty bottle to the floor,
[04:19.90] And get to thinking,
[04:22.62] How I need you ...
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