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INVASION OF PRIVACY
Copyright © 1998 - mickterry.com

1: While out on a run on a great balmy day,
I had stopped by a yard sale just to see what I'd save.
As I chat with the wife, then her husband & girl,
we had much in common in our own separate worlds.

2: I thought we'd made inroads & I'd found some new friends.
& I told them I'd come back with some money to spend.
But that didn't happen. I got tied to the phone.
So, a couple days later, I ran by their home.

CHORUS:
There's an invasion of privacy here.
Like a lot of things, it's grounded in fear.
There's an invasion of privacy here.
& you're not wanted.

3: So, into the mail slot, I dropped off the words
of a song we'd discussed they might like if they heard.
After church the next Sunday, I stopped by to say "Hi",
but the wife's cold reception was enough to make ice.

BRIDGE:
Just being friendly doesn't go very far
in a city whose purpose is the bright shooting star:
where favors are collected like pearls on a string,
& friendships developed for the contacts they'll bring.

4: 'Though she said he's not there, by the time I got home,
her husband was ringing me up on the phone,
saying, "Not to be rude, but we're quite private here.
& we'd really prefer if you didn't come near."
CHORUS:

5: 'Though I'd recently moved from the opposite coast,
my new neighbor's words hit me harder than most.
For the rest of my life, I hope they don't feel too slighted
if, for all of my parties, they're never invited.
CHORUS:

Copyright © 1998  MICK TERRY  Silent Tree Music  All rights reserved
[ Reprinted here by permission of the composer-lyricist ]   BMI
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True story in Sherman Oaks, CA.
Now you know why you're not invited.

To other home song lyrics:   YOUR LEAVING
To other story song lyrics:   HEY, MISTER!
ALOHA OI VEY
CHICKEN TURKEY
FULL OF SURPRISES
EXPERIMENTS COME
PERPETUAL ECLIPSE
MAXIMUM EXPOSURE
PARIS HAD MY NUMBER
JUST BEFORE LOST HILLS
ANGEL IN THE BACKROOM
OF COURSE IT HAD TO RAIN
PUT ALL YOUR BURDENS ON ME
SECURITY STRIP-SEARCHED GRANNY
AND THERE SHE GOES (HOME AGAIN)
KINGDOM OF THE GUN (RIDING HIGH)
FINS FINS (THE ODDYSEY OF THE TRAILER)
MAKING THE WORST (OF A BAD SITUATION)
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