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i'm half remembered

half way across the world

twice removed from a second home

the shadow of a ghost in an old haunt

with a lease on life

'cause i can't afford to own

when being young starts getting old

a new place saves face or so i'm told

be the new kid

on an old block

a chalk outline on a playground blacktop

i'm just a moment

so don't let me pass you by

we could be a story in the morning

but we'll be a legend tonight

i'm just a moment

so don't let me pass you by

and they can speak our names in a dead language

cause you and i

we're alive

but just for a moment

i'm twice the man that i thought i was yesterday

half the time

i'm a world away

a flicker of a soul casting silhouettes

on the face of a town that could not get me to stay

and when the spark's gone

former lovers just looking for a bus to throw me under

i'll be the new kid on an old block

a chalk outline on a playground blacktop

i'm just a moment

so don't let me pass you by

we could be a story in the morning

but we'll be a legend tonight

i'm just a moment

so don't let me pass you by

and they can speak our names in a dead language

cause you and i

we're alive

but just for a moment

just for a moment

when being young starts getting old

a new place saves face or so i'm told

i'll be the new kid

on an old block

a chalk outline on a playground blacktop

i'm just a moment

so don't let me pass you by

we could be a story in the morning

but a legend tonight

i'm just a moment

so don't let me pass you by

they can speak our names in a dead language

cause you and i

we're alive

but just for a moment

just for the moment

just for the moment