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Long Story Short

from Letters In The Dirt by Chuck Brodsky

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Well you sure can talk - you go on & on
And it makes me wonder - where all the time has gone
You don’t hear me sigh - you don’t notice when I yawn
We sat down at dinner time - and now it’s almost dawn

Make a long story short - look how you’ve bent my ear
Around the back of my head - are you that unaware?
I’ve been polite all night - some of my thoughts were malicious
Like I wish you’d bite your tongue - so hard you’d have to go get stitches

Uh huh, oh really? Well you really don’t say!
I really wish you wouldn’t - but I’m not listening anyway
I’m getting tired of your voice - my ears are pretty well numb
Can’t even hear myself think - it’s like electrical hum

To make a long story short - you might say I’m perturbed
Why don’t you get to the point - why don’t you skip a few words?
Why don’t you take a deep breath - why don’t you cut to the chase?
To make a long story short - why don’t you shut your face?

And did you ever wonder why - I never seem to be home
No matter when you try - reaching me on the phone?
Thank God for answering machines - they are the answer for you
The way they cut you off - after a minute or two

I do return your calls - but I’ve got my timing down
I call when you’re at work - or when you’re out of town
We play telephone tag - and every time you’re “it”
And I hear my telephone ring - I back away from it

So make a long story short - you long-winded one
How long, how long - will this sentence run?
All you talk about is yourself - and everything you’ve ever done
Make a long story short - you long-winded one

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from Letters In The Dirt, released February 1, 1996

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