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From: dml@loral.UUCP (Dave Lewis)
Newsgroups: net.singles
Subject: Re: Love Songs
Message-ID: <1073@loral.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 18:13:53 EST
Article-I.D.: loral.1073
Posted: Thu Mar 20 18:13:53 1986
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Reply-To: dml@loral.UUCP (Dave Lewis)
Organization: Loral Instrumentation, San Diego
Lines: 33
Keywords: Wishes!
Summary: Ya screwed up!

In article <2032@peora.UUCP> jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos) writes:
>[The poster lists "Time in a Bottle" as his or her favorite love song.]
>
>I like this song also, but I must admit that it wins second prize for
>"most illogical lyrics." (assuming it's the song I think it is).  Look
>at these lyrics!:
>
>	If I had a box full of memories,
>	And dreams that had never come true,
>	The box would be empty except for the memory
>	Of how they were answered by you.
>
Oh no you don't! It's:

	If I had a box just for wishes
	And dreams that had never come true
	......

So the box is FOR unfulfilled wishes and dreams, but there aren't any in it.

I can't argue with your remarks about `If' but I like it anyway, so there.

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		Dave Lewis    Loral Instrumentation   San Diego

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