There

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[WOMAN 2] There He was never there Every time we talked I'd look in his eyes And his mind was... where? I don't mean to say Life was gloom and doom Things were always pleasant If I needed help He was in the room He just wasn't present He just wasn't there Never really there I felt so unhinged I went out and binged Had that dumb affair Still, the fault's not mine Quoting Gertrude Stein There was just no "there" there There, there Don't know why I care 'Cept that I am here 'Cause he wasn't— [MAN 2] There [WOMAN 2] —There [MAN 2] I was never— [WOMAN 2] There [MAN 2] —There She was always [WOMAN 2] There [MAN 2] Saying "George, be—" [WOMAN 2] There [MAN 2] And my mind said... where? Did I have a choice? Love is worth a fight Not a thing you squander [WOMAN 2, spoken] Yoo hoo, George [MAN 2] Then I'd hear her voice [WOMAN 2, spoken] George? [MAN 2] Urgent and uptight [WOMAN 2, spoken] Hello? [MAN 2] And my mind would wander [WOMAN 2, spoken] Come in, George [MAN 2] So I wasn't there [WOMAN 2] Couldn't he be there? [MAN 2] Never really there [WOMAN 2] Once an evening, there [MAN 2] And I felt maligned That my vagrant mind Meant I didn't care [WOMAN 2] It was clear that he didn't care [MAN 2] Then to make things smooth She would try to soothe Sticking in her "There, there" there [WOMAN 2] There, there [MAN 2] Got out of her hair 'Cause she made it clear That I wasn't there [WOMAN 2] I'm not a jerk Though it's the way I seem [MAN 2] Wanted to be there [WOMAN 2] He had his work I gave him time to dream [MAN 2] Knew I should be there [WOMAN 2] Lost my desire Waiting 'til he awoke [MAN 2] Worked at being there [WOMAN 2] Longing for fire Living with smoke Isn't a joke [MAN 2] I tried to go her way Wanting things improved Tired of being not there [WOMAN 2] Is it so hard a task? [MAN 2] Think of my dismay Finding she had moved By the time I got there [WOMAN 2] Too much to ask? [MAN 2] She was over there [WOMAN 2] I was here, I was always here [MAN 2] Where the hell was there? [WOMAN 2] There was here Could it be more clear? [WOMAN 2 & MAN 2] Groping like the blind How we hoped to find One place we could share Faults we tried to hide Living side by side Funny, when they're there, they're there [WOMAN 2] There, there And it isn't fair [MAN 2] No, it really isn't fair [WOMAN 2] That we wind up here [MAN 2] That we wind up here [WOMAN 2 & MAN 2] When we once were There Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo