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I watched her smile Dissolve like Alka Seltzer And in all honesty Man, I wish I could have helped her But the words I spoke Fell leaden to the ground Hitting that carpet With a muffled clanging sound I remember sitting later on the 253 Trying not to cry But the crime's on me Sick to my stomach Feel so guilty But I can't change the fact that She had nothing that I needed So over years the love receded A bit like her old man's hairline .. And mine And at first, She was all that I could see 'Til other girls appeared in my periphery And we lost something, Or so it seems Fading like her favorite jeans I can't read her face Listen in an unknown language I just hold her pretty hand 'Cause that's about all I can manage I wish you wouldn't look at me that way Knowing I'm a selfish bastard She'll be thanking me one day And maybe we can even laugh at this after I remember sitting later on the 253 Trying not to cry But the crimes on me Sick to my stomach Feel so guilty But I can't change the fact that She had nothing that I needed So over years the love receded A bit like her old man's hairline .. And mine And at first, She was all that I could see 'Til other girls appeared in my periphery And we lost something, Or so it seems Fading like her favorite jeans No, no, no, no promises No, no, no, no promises No, no, no, no promises No promises No promises And this is the final curtain call As in and out of love we fall And it's toO late to change that Oh, it's too late to explain That.. She had nothing that I needed So over years the love receded A bit like her old man's hairline .. And mine And at first, She was all that I could see 'Til other girls appeared in my periphery And we lost something, Or so it seems Fading like her favorite jeans She had nothing that I needed So over years the love receded A bit like her old man's hairline .. And mine And at first, She was all that I could see 'Til other girls appeared in my periphery And we lost something, Or so it seems Fading like her favorite jeans No, no, no, no promises No, no, no, no promises No, no, no, no promises No promises No promises No, no, no, no promises No, no, no, no promises No, no, no, no promises No promises No promises --- 253 - Just Jack