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Life And Times, 1973
Written by Jim Croce
This breezy folk-rock song describes a failing relationship, and the narrator's realization that it's time to leave: "And we've been hidin' from somethin' that should have never gone this far / But after all it's what we've done that makes us what we are / And you've been talkin' in silence, well, if it's silence you adore / Oh, there'll be one less set of footprints on your floor in the morning." The "one less" phrasing implies that the lover may have had a series of footsteps on the floor, jeans on the door, "one less man to walk in." The arrangement, leaning on piano and guitar, features terrific harmonies emphasizing the ends of the lines. It makes an interesting juxtaposition, the brightness of the delivery contrasting with the sad situation; perhaps the narrator has been looking forward to leaving for a while.
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