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This opus that we leave behind,
heart-rend, heart-mend set to verse.
Never was a finer work
written for the stage.
We had the script down, line for line,
costumed, decked out, dress-rehearsed,
then struck down, hapless as these words,
sitting on the page.

But the story went like:

If you have an equal, I’ve never met her.
She wouldn’t be the reason I can’t stay.
Baby, I’m a broken record;
I keep saying “I love you” like that’s all there is to say.

All our tunes from better times
we tried to capture on cassette.
The other channels fade and die,
your station at full blare.
The master tapes we’ll never find,
the melody is with me yet:
the music from and inspired by
our doomed love affair.

But the chorus went like:

If there’s other people, it doesn’t matter.
I know that’s not the reason you can’t stay.
Baby, I’m a broken record.
I keep saying “I love you” like that’s all there is to say.

This might be my fault, as these things tend to be.
This might break my heart, as these things tend to do.
But maybe when I play this song, it’ll make sense to me.
Maybe when you hear this one, it’ll make sense to you.

Well, even if we call things off,
you never really leave the biz.
The soul of me just shrugs and grins,
what say the heart of you?
‘Cause once we’re rich and strong enough,
we’ll make a movie of all this.
And who else could ever be convinced
to play the part of you?

So this story ends like:

If we have a sequel, I know it’ll be better.
For now, there’s only one thing I can say.
You’ll never be a broken record.
I’ll never love another quite this way.

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from The Once & Future Boyfriend, released September 1, 2010

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Amina Shareef Ali Oakland, California

Based in Oakland, California, Amina Shareef Ali performs songs of love and struggle, of pain and wonder, of loss and redemption. Lyrics by turns poignant and sardonic are set against a backdrop of American music both traditional and modern, from folk to punk to country to jazz to rock and roll. ... more

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