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Play It Again, Archie

Startin’ fresh, where it ends with “I hope we can be friends”.

But whatever, that's one remedy nobody recommends.

So, I learned to let go, took the same old different road

‘Cause your hand is but the one thing that the future doesn't hold.

And mama told me watch out for those Pennsylvania girls

With their small-town smiles sweet as apple pie.

So, I'm saying so long to Valerie break a glass to the time we spent.

Packing up this mess of what’s left with me, off to never look back again.

When I paint her face in the gallery you will call it a work of art,

‘Cause the best love songs always seem to come from the cracks in a broken heart.

When we're out on the street you’re the fancy VIP

to my dive bar, but you'll never make no night club out of me.

So, we danced, and we dined. You preferred your cheese and wine,

But deserved your just deserts served after crow choked down with pride.



And mama told me look out for those Pennsylvania girls singing sleepy Susquehanna lullabies.

So, I'm saying “So long!” to Valerie, count me out ‘cause my number’s up.

Yeah, I thought I won the lottery, but I guess it was just my luck.

Yes, I hope it ends in a tragedy and the fantasy falls apart

‘Cause the best love songs always seem to come from the cracks in a broken heart.

So, I'm saying so long to Valerie, she'll remember me when I'm gone.

But nostalgia ain't what it used to be so I gotta be movin’ on.

And she said that she'll see me in my dreams when I'm number one on the charts.

‘Cause the best love songs always seem to come from the cracks in a broken heart.

Yea, the best love songs always seem to come from the cracks in a broken heart.