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by Carly Simon


The Best Thing - from Carly's debut album - 1971


I was his foreigner
     
And he was mine

We ate on terraces
                            
And drank the cheapest wine
    
And he believed in me
                  
Down by the serpentine
         
How was I to know
             
It was the best thing
                          
To come along for a long time



I turned the page
                 
And saw three children with smiles

I looked to see
                            
What I could make of the youngest child
                            
And as she blew the candles out
           
She turned five
         
How was I to know
            
It was the best thing
                   
To come along for a long time


What do the people at the end of the world do
           
About time? What about time?

     
Oh oh oh oh....


What do the people at the end of the world do
           
About time? What about time?
                        
Their secret sleeps with me


         
How was I to know
            
It was the best thing
                   
To come along for a long time
         
How was I to know
            
It was the best thing
                   
To come along for a long time