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m smile. He says "You've never been in love You just read all the books about how it should feel, & it all seems so awful now he's gone You ought to be like me, just take what you can That way you know it's real It saves all the heartbreak later on." You see Joe's her best friend, He makes the time go more slowly, & the pain seems much sweeter when he's there Oh, but the boys, the boys in the back room Are so loud & so thoughtless They're insensitive, inseparable, insane They've never been in love They just read all the books about how it should feel & it all seems so awful, now it's gone They ought to be like me, just take what you can That way you know it's real It saves all the heartbreak later on. Oh Marie starts to cry, but she doesn't know the reason And the baby starts to cry It's getting late Yeah, & Joe just wants to give her Sixty-times-a-minute romance, but instead Just holds her hand, decides to wait He says "I've spent so much time in love I've known suicide scenes & cul-de-sac dreams, And I broke my heart on a girl who came from France Love comes only once, they say, You should hold it close or it slips away But I really couldnt stand to miss this chance, No I really couldnt stand to miss this chance. Oh Marie's telling Joe "He left my breakfast on a mirror With a blade, but not a word 'bout why he's gone Oh & I never really thought about the sadder implications That chase me form the cradle to the grave You see, I've never been in love I'd just read all the books about How it should feel & its hard to live in minutes instead of years If I could forget his face, forget this place & forget the waste I know I could easily forget the tears Oh it would be so easy."