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Gordon Lightfoot – The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes) lyrics
It's alright for some, but not alright for me
When the one that I'm lovin' slips around
You think it's fine to do things I cannot see
And you're doin' it to me, baby can't you see that I know how it is
I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips
I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this

I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die
I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes
It's alright for some, but not alright to be
Where the one that I'm lovin' can't be found
The city where we live might be quite large
But the circle is small, why not tell us all and then all of us will know

I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips
I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this
I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die
I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes
It's alright to leave, but not alright to lie
When you come home and you can't say where you've been

You think it's fine to do things I cannot see
And you're doin' it to me, baby can't you see that I know how it is
I can see it in your eyes and feel it in the way you kiss my lips
I can hear it in your voice whenever we are talking like this
I can see what you believe in when his name is mentioned and I die
I can watch the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you close your eyes
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    Like Harry Chapin, I feel that Gordon Lightfoot can really turn a phrase. In just a few lines he can sketch the past, present, and future of a situation (though usually not as darkly or bizarrely as Chapin often did). In this song he reawakens the raw hurt of a relationship gone wrong (feelings and memories that have softened with the passing years). All at once I'm there again, feeling the hurt again, and trying to find the right path out of a situation I never saw coming! Wow, what a masterful lyric!!!
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