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I walked away from you one day You didn't see your frames were clouded You might have thought it strange But there are days go by That I can't stop myself from thinkin' 'bout it And all the eyes I met that day Were half glued down by falling rain How is it then I can't refrain From pulling your shades From my head Instead I slow my step around the corner Where I know you used to wait I remember asking for your name But I got caught up in the rain And may have missed it And like an inkless pen had penned it I'm just trying to read the indent Inside my head That's all I meant When I said Instead I hope that you don't mind But I've been following your footsteps now for blocks See, there's a question on my mind And I'm just trying to see if I can walk it off Because all the cabs have lights on And my biggest fear is might one lend it's eye And not pass by, but stop at your feet You'd leave And let all these words I could have said To wait and wilt into regrets So as it rains I stop to move them Out from my brain To your head Instead