Alibi

Words and music copyright 1985 by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. I really thought I’d do it right this time

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I look back on our love’s shambles, seeking a design

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Was I the victim or the culprit in this crime?

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O, alibi.

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2. I don’t remember telling any lie.

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I look back on webs of falsehood that I can’t deny

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Where were you on that night? Honey, where was I?

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O, alibi.

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Bridge: So we spent those long nights talking, without too much to say

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Wondering how such a beautiful chance had ended up this way

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I am bound to my own narrow view, lonely world

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O alibi, O alibi.

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3. I don’t want to give up an eye for an eye

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I just want to comfort you; I don’t want to hear you cry

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I don’t want to stay here; I don’t want to say goodbye.

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O, alibi.