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In Times When My Head

This version of In Times When My Head was released by Carly Simon in 1976.

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In times in my head
Was together about you
I was an expert a silence
I enjoyed the blonds in their red jeeps
Stopping you on the street
Knowing none could compare with me
In my airy skirts and cool retreats

In times when my head was together about you
I was an expert at silence
You could have told the truth all the time
I was that at ease inside
You never made me cry
And then one night I lied
I got down with a boy in the backwoods
I didn’t tell you and you didn’t see
And that’s when jealousy got the dog up in me

Now every look you get
Seems like another threat
I pick your pockets almost hoping to find
Something to hurt about, to prove you unkind

Oh but I still love you, baby
though now I just can’t sit still
And though that boy meant nothing to me
I believe I’ve lost that simple thrill of the…

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The lyrics to In Times When My Head are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Carly Simon in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to In Times When My Head are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Carly Simon and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for In Times When My Head back when it was created.

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