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Long Distance Line

from Stealing Stage Time (live 2002) by Evan Johnson

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Telephone rings
It's a long distance line
Electricity over a wire
A strangely clear voice
Plays tricks with the miles
Tries to make that distance a liar

But I'm standing in public
There's no private in public
So the words that I use aren't quite right
A certain reminder that all wishes aren't granted
There's no way I'll hold her tonight

A year to the day
is marked by the presence
of a letter that says it’s from you
I'll read it one time
and I'll read it two
to be certain what I read is true

The words on the page do their best to do justice
To the thoughts that reflect what you feel
And I'll give them credit as their magic they work
To make something so distant so real

All the calls that she'll make on that long distance line
All of the letters she'll write
are certain reminder that all wishes aren't granted
There's no way I'll hold her tonight
There's no way I'll hold her tonight

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from Stealing Stage Time (live 2002), released September 15, 2002

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Evan Johnson is a singer-songwriter living outside (but not too far outside) St. Paul, MN

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