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Out of Sight Out of Mind
(kathy hussey)

To look at what I've done
Is to look straight at the sun
How it burns wish I'd go blind
Out of sight out of mind

It had nothing to do
With the way I felt for you
I was raised to leave behind
Out of sight out of mind

If you think it's easy leavin
I've done a good job deceivin both of us
I'm so good at make believin
I've convinced myself it never really was
But it really was...

Soon gone far, and finally free
Is not the way I choose to be
But once I've let the miles unwind
Out of sight out of mind

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If you think it's easy leavin
I've done a good job deceivin both of us
I'm so good at make believin
I've convinced myself it never really was
But it really was...

To look at what I've done
Is to look straight at the sun
I couldn't see
The hurt in your eyes
Out of sight out of mind

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The Story:

April 3 2002

When I was a kid, we moved a lot - 2 years in one place was about average,
which means that sometimes, it was a lot less than that. Often it was in the
middle of the school year, too. One of the results of this is that I learned how
to make friends quickly, but also how to forget them quickly and move on.
You can't cling to people or places when you live like this - you develop an
ability to live, love and let go without regrets, and, unfortunately, often without
realizing that most of the world doesn't operate this way.

I had broken the hearts of at least two people that I truly cared for before I
realized that just because a person is not, at the moment, in my immediate
circle of vision, they haven't actually ceased to exist.

With affection and apologies to CS and PH.

"It had nothing to do
With the way I felt for you
I was raised to leave behind
Out of sight, out of mind"

On the technical side, I had written this in a very "folkie" form, with the verses containing
a common last line (the title), and no formal chorus. The "B" section was originally
intended to be sung once as a bridge ("if you think it's easy leavin, I've done a good
job deceivin both of us..."), but my friend Dan convinced me that it was a great chorus
and should be repeated as such. This may be the only time I've written a chorus that
didn't contain the title of the song. Just another of my tricks to ensure a complete lack
of commercial viability.