"Absence" genre: Pop
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	This is an acoustic/pop folkie sort of tune. A radio friendly deal. It's a good general pop tune.
	MP3.com CD: Chapter One - buy it! CD: Chapter One   Label: independent Credits: James Cleare
	Story Behind the Song This song is very specific in parts regarding who the song pertains to. It basically details what its like to be around someone for a long time and then suddenly have the person stripped away with nothing you can do about it. I wrote this song in about an hour one night around christmas time. It all seem to come together perfectly. I recorded the tune at a session in January 2003 with my wonderful band. Lyrics If I told you all about me And if I wrote out my will tonight Do you think that you're included? And do you think you'd even put up a fight Because I know that you're aware now Of the absense we spend this year But it's over now and forgotten Because we sat down and had a few beers And would you drive to Maine and back just to pick me up And would you write me a song to wish me good luck (chorus) When I tell you my friend When will this absense end Because every time it does I feel its the end You know my girlfriend lives two hundred miles away now And I see her more than you You live two stops down the green line And yet we never seem to make it through I know its just as much my fault yeah That's why I sing this song to myself Instead of you I think it's better If I sit down and reason things out And do you fill my name in as you're emergency contact info you know I do that for you my friend I've done it all my life (chorus) (end)

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