SoMEONE ELSE'S STORY

Long ago, in someone else's lifetime
Someone with my name who looked a lot like me
Came to know a man and made a promise
He only had to say and that's where she would be

Lately, although her feelings run just as deep
The promise she made has grown impossible to keep
And yet I wish it wasn't so.
Will he miss me if I go?

In a way, it's someone else's story
I don't see myself as taking part at all
Yesterday, a girl that I was fond of
Finally could see the writing on the wall

Sadly, she realized she'd left him behind
And sadder than that she knew he wouldn't even mind
And though there's nothing left to say
Would he listen if I stay?

It's all very well to say you fool it's now or never
I could be choosing no choices whatsoever

I could be in someone else's story
In someone else's life and he could be in mine
I don't see a reason to be lonely
I should take my chances further down the line

And if that girl I knew should ask my advice
Oh I wouldn't hesitate she needn't ask me twice
"Go now!" I'd tell her that for free
Trouble is, the girl is me
The story is, the girl is me.

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- a song from the Broadway musical, Chess