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By David Allan Coe And Jimmy Townsend THREES A STACK OF DAILY PAPERS ON HER DOORSTEP AND THE GRASS HAS GROWN UP MORE THAN SHE'D ALLOW YES, IT SEEMS TO ME TO BE A LITTLE MORE LIKE A VACATION NEVER KNEW THAT I'D MISS HER UNTIL NOW FROM BOTH ENDS THE CANDLE SEEMS TO BURN MUCH BRIGHTER GUESS SHE SAW THE FLAME I TRIED SO HARD TO HIDE LOOKS LIKE IM THE ONE THAT GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BURNT MY FINGER I GOT THERE JUST IN TIME TO WATCH LOVE DIE YEA, I GOT THERE JUST IN TIME TO WATCH LOVE DIE THERE'S A CHANGE OF ADDRESS BLANK INSIDE THE MAILBOX AND THE KEY SHED USUALLY LEAVE FOR ME NOT HERE YES, ITS PLAIN TO SEE THAT SHE NO LONGER WANTS AN EXPLANATION GUESS I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN I WOULD NOT FIND HER HERE FROM BOTH ENDS THE CANDLE SEEMS TO BURN MUCH BRIGHTER I GUESS SHE SAW THE FLAME I TRIED SO HARD TO HIDE LOOKS LIKE IM THE ONE THAT GOT CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE BURNT MY FINGER I GOT THERE JUST IN TIME TO WATCH LOVE DIE BUT I GOT THERE MUCH TO LATE TO SAY GOODBYE.