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The song talks of a man holding imaginary conversations with the woman who'd left him, rehearsing what he might say if he ever ran into her. He doesn't know whether he would express his feelings, compliment her, or tell her to "go to hell." The song concludes by the man stating that his ex-lover
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267:. It was also covered by Irish singer/songwriter Paul Harrington whose version was the title track of his debut album in 1988 and by Lorrie Morgan on her 2016 album “Letting Go... Slow”.
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