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[jazzfish]

If you grow tired of the friends you make
In case you mean to say something else
Say they were the best of times you ever had
The best of times with the thoughtless kind.

We dress conservatively at the best of times.
Prefer the shadows to the bright lights in the eyes
Of the ones we love, the bright lights in the eyes of the ones we love.

What we see, what we imagine the eyes tell us nothing
The bright lights in the eyes of the ones we love will tell us nothing
Like the scars of the imagination
Like the scars of the imagination
The bright lights in the eyes of the ones we love will tell you
Nothing except that you're the thoughtless kind.

So if you grow tired of the friends you make
In case you mean to say something else
Say they were the best of times you ever had
The best of times with the thoughtless kind.

The very best of times with the thoughtless kind.

--John Cale, "Thoughtless Kind"