One of my favorite teachers at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau is known for his droll sense of humor. Explaining his ground rules to one freshman class, he said, "Now I know my lectures can often be dry and boring, so I don't mind if you look at your watches during class. I do, however, object to your pounding them on the desk to make sure they're running!"
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I'm lying alone with my head on the phone
Thinking of you till it hurts
I know you hurt too but what else can we do
Tormented and torn apart
I wish I could carry your smile in my heart
For times when my life feels so low
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Every night in my dreams I see you. I feel you.
That is how I know you go on.
Far arcoss the distance and spaces between us
You have come to show you go on.

if i had to live my life without you near me
the days would all be empty
the nights would seem so long
with you i see forever oh so clearly
i might have been in love before
but it never felt this strong
our dreams are young and we both know
they'll take us where we want to go
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