About a Boy
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This was going really well.
:32:06
I wondered if we were going to move into
Will's place or move into someplace new.

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I heard he sang a good song
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I heard he had a style
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I knew, of course,
the song couldn't last forever...

:32:23
...that I'd soon be at home, tucked up in bed.
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I knew it, but I couldn't feel it.
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And there he was, this young boy
:32:33
I must've been insane.
All I'd wanted was a date with Suzie.

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This was my punishment.
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Strumming my pain with his fingers
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The worst part was
when they closed their eyes.

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Killing me softly with his song
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Killing me softly
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Come sing with us, Will.
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I should really get going. Thanks.
:32:58
That's the problem with charity.
You must mean it.

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You have to mean things to help people.
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Like the time I volunteered
to help out at a soup kitchen...

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...and very nearly made it.
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Or the time at Amnesty International.
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Did you know in Burma you get seven years
in prison for telling jokes?

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Next time you laugh, think of Pa Pa Lay,
the Burmese standup comedian.

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We're at a crucial stage
in our struggle for human rights...

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...which have been grossly abused
by the ruling junta.

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We need your support more than ever.
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Together we can make a difference...
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You're kidding.
And what's your boyfriend say about that?

:33:30
Wait a minute.
You say you haven't got a boyfriend?

:33:34
Talk about human rights violations.
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Is that right? You're in the bath now?
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You have to mean things to help people.
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Fiona meant "Killing Me Softly".
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"Killing Me Softly" meant something to her
and look where she ended up.

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Me, I didn't mean anything, about anything,
to anyone.

:33:59
I knew that guaranteed me
a long, depression-free life.


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