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Nanci Griffith - Back When Ted Loved Sylvia Lyrics

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  • They both wrote poetry
  • In fact, that was how they met
  • He was a Yorkshire man in Cambridge
  • She was from Massachusetts
  • They spoke and they fell in love
  • They kissed and picked daffodils
  • She came across the ocean
  • Just to bid her heart goodbye
  • The hawk next to his goddess
  • They were glorious to see
  • Back when Ted loved Sylvia
  • Close friends disapproved
  • Said they ought to wait
  • They did not care with all that said
  • And married nonetheless
  • They traveled and they taught
  • A life of academia
  • Typewriters and *****tails
  • Angry verses and sad pleas
  • Dutiful wife and mother
  • The poet behind her man
  • Back when Ted loved Sylvia
  • The tempests that were howling
  • And tearing them apart
  • Were forces that had been in place
  • To wreck them from the start
  • So she stayed home with the kids
  • Collecting poems in a jar
  • He had his lectures and soon a mistress
  • And left her all alone
  • Why did she end it all?
  • Was he just to blame?
  • There's only two that know for sure
  • And neither one remain
  • I don't need an answer
  • I prefer to read between the lines
  • Back when Ted loved Sylvia
  • Back when Ted loved Sylvia

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