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[Verse 1]
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Operator please connect me with nineteen eighty two
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I need to make apologies for what I didn't do
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I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through
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And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to

[Chorus]
               E                            A       D    A
They say hindsight's twenty twenty, but I'm nearly going blind
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From staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine
              A                          D             Bm
It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true
           E                                          A
There was a time when she was mine in nineteen eighty two

[Verse 2]
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Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp
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One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely man
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Back into the wasted years of my living past
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I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last

[Chorus]
               E                            A       D    A
They say hindsight's twenty twenty, but I'm nearly going blind
           B7                                      E
From staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine
              A                          D             Bm
It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true
           E                                          A
There was a time when she was mine in nineteen eighty two
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Losing my mind going back in time to nineteen eighty two