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If for twenty years you went away
And I never saw you the while,
Whenever you returned someday,
I'd recognize your smile.
If other people didn't know you,
Because you were so changed,
I would always see right through,
To me, you could never be strange.
Your smile is more familiar to me,
Than the one upon my head,
Which every morn in the mirror I see,
And each night before bed.
If I didn't see you for a while,
If for twenty years you were away,
I'd always recognize your smile,
When you returned again someday.
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