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lyrics

The present is an excellent way
for someone to say,
for someone to show
how little they know about you.

Still we try to buy
the right design,
the thing that chimes
and rings true
and tells the recipient
I know you,
I do.

Then they re-wrap
and they re-name
or take it back
and try to claim
that they’ve lost the receipt.

Yes we lost the receipt - we’re sure it came from here.

Can we have a refund or make an exchange
for something that we want?

And they try and try
but to no avail
‘cause what they don’t know
is it was bought in a sale
five years ago.

Five years ago - all that time ago

and five years ago it was such a bargain.

Five years ago,

five years ago - a long long time ago.

Five years ago - before you even knew them.

So much for the present

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from A Gathering of Sorts, released January 1, 2023

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The Happy Somethings England, UK

Independently unpolished band who like to be happy. Unintentionally retro. Effortlessly uncool.

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