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Turnabout
\n<\/i><\/b>by Jimmy Buffett<\/p>\n

As large as life she stood there
\nKissed my cheek and called my old nickname
\nAnd though several years had passed
\nBoth of us still looked quite the same
\nI said Hi, relaxed a bit then asked her how she’d been all these years
\nShe told me she was feeling fine and came to see a friend who lived up here<\/p>\n

She told me she had finished school
\nAnd then went on to college for a year
\nI asked if she had married
\nAnd slowly down her cheek there came a tear
\nShe said just an itchy eye it must be the weather way up here
\nTold her I can’t stand the cold
\nIt freezes me and I can’t feel my ears<\/p>\n

We talked a bit about Mobile
\nAnd thought about how it has never changed
\nI told her I was comin’ home to spend some time
\nAnd hoped it wouldn’t rain
\nShe asked if she could see me then
\nAnd we could spend some time now and then
\nBecause I lived so far away
\nWas still no chance why we could not be friends<\/p>\n

I drove her to the waiting plane
\nAnd watched that big jet streaking through the sky
\nThought about the sad young girl
\nAnd the time that I just saw her cry
\nThat flame must still be burning bright
\nI think I’ll catch a later flight today
\nIt’s time for me to go on home and spend a day or two down by the bay<\/p>\n

\n

This song always makes me think about a certain girl (the same one “Mile High in Denver<\/a>” gets me thinking about). I get this kind of dull ache in my heart when I think about her. It’s kinda crazy.<\/p>\n

I went through a very similar episode to the Buffett song quoted above. She was passing through Columbus one night and I happened to be on her way. So she popped in to see me. There was a tension in the room that night. We talked for a while, laughing and having fun. I still thought she was amazing and sexy and wonderful, just as I had when I first met her. Saying goodbye that night was rather painful.<\/p>\n

I haven’t caught that later flight yet, but I often think I should. There’s a lot that isn’t said, but is pretty well understood. One of these days, I’ll need to say it all.<\/p>\n

I can’t stand the idea that when she walked out of my house that night, it might have been the last time I’d get to see her. I hope that isn’t true.<\/p>\n

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