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Markets vary in form, scale (volume and geographic reach), location, and types of participants, as well as the types of goods and services traded. Examples include:
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Plot
A department store executive (Flanery) tries to resist falling in love with a young woman (Gellar), who he believes has possessed magical powers after inheriting a restaurant.
Keywords: apple, aunt-niece-relationship, bandanna, break-up, broken-dish, chef, chick-flick, cook, cooking, crab
Magic opened up their hearts... Love did the rest.
A bewitching romance.
Amanda Shelton: My friend Nolan told me this thing about men and sex, that they think about it 238 times a day and when they do they adjust their belts.::Tom Bartlett: That's ridiculous, no, no, not the belt- I meant the amount. That's ridiculous. Do the math I'm awake maybe 17 hours a day. Times 60 would be 1020, divided by 238, that would be sex about every 4 minutes... yeah, yeah, that's about right.::Amanda Shelton: I've been here 20 minutes.
Tom Bartlett: I think I've loved you since that first day in the market.::Amanda Shelton: You mean the day I had my hand up your pants. Men are so easy.::Tom Bartlett: Oh yeah.
Jonathan Bendel: I like you, Lois. You're like a man. You think with your nuts.
Nolan Traynor: Even Dumbo flew without his feather.
Lois McNally: This is nutty... hazelnutty
Tom Bartlett: If the broom fits, ride it!
Tom Bartlett: I love shoes.::Brian in Shoes: Me too Mr. Bartlett.::Tom Bartlett: I love how we sell shoes. I love how we sell them in twos, it's so... Noah's ark!
Tom Bartlett: It's like riding a bicycle. The first nine times you fall off but the tenth time you can go on for miles.
Tom Bartlett: She cursed me. She said in this creepy little voice, a man's character is his destiny...::Lois McNally: Oh... She's a wise witch. She casts her spells in proverbs.
Amanda Shelton: That's impossible.::Tom Bartlett: Why's that?::Amanda Shelton: One good sexual thought takes at least 20 minutes.
Moira, I'm singing in the breeze for you
Moira, can't you see that I love you?
All of these words I'm singing
Drift away and fall apart
You don't hear a word I'm saying
And now I nurse a broken heart
Moira, my calendar grows old with age
Moira, I've started counting off the days
Until I see you again
All of these words I'm singing
Drift away and fall apart
You don't hear a word I'm saying
And now I nurse a broken heart
Moira, my shoes are worn and I can't see
Moira, you don't know what you do to me
La la la la, la da da da da da
La la la la, la da da da da da
Oh Abby, ooh Abby
I had a lotta fun tonight
We will never run out of things to say
We just pick up like it was yesterday
Oh Abby, ooh Abby
I had a lotta fun tonight
Funny how we can't remember summer now
But remember hanging out in high school
Oh Abby, ooh Abby
I had a lotta fun tonight
Glad to share some midnight conversation
Moments unique and life observations
Oh Abby, ooh Abby
I had a lotta fun tonight
Oh Abby, ooh Abby
When we were younger
We were so in love
Now that we're older
We've broken up
You were so unfair
You lost your head
You didn't care about me
Why did you leave me?
Was it someone else?
You had no reason
You left me by myself
Can we try again?
Can we still be friends?
Will you ever think about me?
When you return girl
And I know you will
You won't be welcome
You won't be fulfilled
You lost your chance
For that sweet romance
You left the best thing
Breathless, I'm breathless
How could you let this
Happen when we had
So many plans?
Go on a-thinkin'
That I won't forget you
It may take some time
But there's more on my mind than you
Than you, than you
Reckless, oh you've been so reckless
With all of my feelings
And you tossed them around
Battered, my heart broke and shattered
And my words fall out tattered
As they float to the ground
Oh senseless, so senseless
But circumstance is
A mistress so ruthless
I never knew
Blind down the dark path
Of least resistance
I've made up my mind
And I've got no more time for you
For you, for you
The fireflies illuminate
As they hover up above
I move to brush your hair away
You fade as I wake up
Oh breathless, I'm breathless
How could you let this
Happen when we had
So many plans?
Go on a-thinkin'
That I won't forget you
It may take some time
But there's more on my mind than you
I can't remember now exactly how I got here
Time has a way of making things seem so unclear
And I know that I can but I don't understand
Why I doubt myself when I've done this all before
And so I carry on although I am unsure
And when I find myself in a new situation
I look around and see that everyone is anxious
And I know that I can but I don't understand (And I know that I can)
Why I doubt myself when I've done this all before (I've done this all before)
And so I carry on although I am unsure
I'm nothing but what you see in me
Just like you I bleed
It won't get easier to face what I'm afraid of
But every now and then life shows me what I'm made of
And I know that I can but I don't understand (And I know that I can)
Why I doubt myself when I've done this all before (I've done this all before)
And so I carry on although I am unsure
And I know that I can but I don't understand (And I know that I can)
Why I doubt myself when I've done this all before (I've done this all before)
And so I carry on although I am unsure
Say you miss me
You can't wait to kiss me
And when you're away
The minutes crawl by every day
Say you love me
That you're thinking of me
And when you're around
My feet never stay on the ground
I'm not singing
'Cause my phone isn't ringing
So call me up, dear
I'll say anything you want to hear
Don't ignore me
Don't say that I'm boring
My loving is here
But who knows where I'll be next year
Say you will
Need me still
When the walls fall in around me
And when you held my hand
By the ice cream stand
And we stayed up all night
Bleary eyes filled with light
Yeah, I fell for you then
Say you're sorry
I don't have to worry
And I'll sing you a song
You were probably right all along
Say you need me
That you'll never treat me
So indifferently
Don't take these words lightly
Say you will
Need me still
When the walls fall in around me
Oh, say you will
Love me still
When I'm acting out
When we scream and shout
We're still a team
We gotta keep moving
We gotta hang on
We gotta keep moving
We gotta stay strong
No matter what
We gotta keep moving
No matter what
We gotta keep moving
Did you hear about what happened to Lena Rose?
She had everything she wanted, but she didn't know
That the bank, the bank would foreclose
And although she's free it's not the way it was meant to be
And although she ran she wasn't free in her native land
We gotta keep moving
We gotta be free
We can move mountains
We can part seas
No matter what
We gotta keep proving
No matter what
We gotta keep proving
Did you hear about what happened to Lena Rose?
There was nothing more she wanted than to sing what she wrote
In a place that she could call home
And although she tries she can't express what she feels inside
And although she's alive she works so hard just to survive
Did you hear about what happened to Lena Rose?
She had nothing that she wanted until she let go
And embraced a life on the road
And despite her fame she smiled and felt no shame
If I could go back in time
Then I'd have to try
To stay close to you
I would stay by your side
I'd put up a fight
To keep our love true
Would it last?
Could I change the past?
Would I be happy
Forever with you?
Forever with you
Forever with you
Though you hurt my pride
I can't deny
It felt right with you
If second chances exist
I just need to one kiss
To know that it's true
Would it last?
Could I change the past?
Would we be happy?
Would our love stay true?
Would our love stay true?
Would our love stay true?
Would it last?
Could I change the past?
Would we be happy?
Would our love stay true?
Would our love stay true?
I know you're probably waiting for me
I know, this I know
I know you're probably dying to see
If I'll show, if I will show
'Cause you don't want me back, oh no
And I don't want you back no more
I know you're probably thrilled that I'm gone
The thrill, the thrill is gone babe
I know you think that I'm lingering on
But I'm not, you're dead and gone
'Cause you don't want me back, oh no
And I don't want you back no more
What you say is so confusing
I don't know what you're doing
I'd rather be alone than be with you
I know you're probably thrilled that I'm gone
The thrill, the thrill is gone
I know you think that I'm lingering on
But I'm not, you're dead and gone
'Cause you don't want me back, oh no
I could die in your arms
And I'd have no regrets
I could die in your arms
With my head on your breast
I could die in your arms
But you don't want me
Well I smoke and I drink
I'll do my best to stop
If that's what it will take
'Cause you're the one I want
I could die in your arms
But you don't want me
Life is too long
To be without love
I could die in your arms
And I'd have no regrets
I could die in your arms
With my head on your breast
I could die in your arms
But you don't want me
There's a pain in my heart
That I can't rectify
And there will come a time
When I just can't abide
I could die in your arms
The stubborn love of a woman
Cost me the brother love of a man
What I got is a lover
And what I lost is a friend
Which of these would follow me
Until my dying day
I can't say
I can't say
No, I can't say
Well another time and another place
My hand would be across your face
But I can only bring myself to cry
So this is how our story ends
Betrayed by two of my best friends
Well I can think of kinder ways to die
Now I was standing on a pew
Just clapping for the bride and groom
And you had gone to meet him at a bar
When I heard your message on my phone
I ran outside into the snow
I wept for you, I leapt into my car
The stubborn love of a woman
Cost me the brother love of a man
What I got is a lover
And what I lost is a friend
Which of these would follow me
Until my dying day
I can't say
I can't say
No, I can't say
My hands tremble and shake
My head is swollen with ache
Let's see how much hurt my soul can take, yeah
Well I yelled at him and he yelled at me
And he said "Good luck" and I said "We'll see"
And I stormed off and there our friendship went
And I got her back but I could've cried
When I was laying by her side
Looking at the roses that he sent
The stubborn love of a woman
Cost me the brother love of a man
What I got is a lover
And what I lost is a friend
Which of these would follow me
Until my dying day
I can't say
I can't say
No, I can't say
I can't say
I can't say
No, I can't say
Well my story has a moral too:
"Damned if I don't, damned if I do"
Let me paint a hypothetical
Please don't be hypercritical
This kind of thing might happen to you
Though it's situational
And largely conversational
This kind of thing might happen to you
She went out drinking with her friends
Until her head began to spin
Her ears were ringing from the yell for last call
She fell into a cab and said
My neighborhood is straight ahead
She broke her heel as she struggled with the door
Let me paint a hypothetical
Please don't be hypercritical
This kind of thing might happen to you
Though it's situational
And largely conversational
This kind of thing might happen to you
She fell in through a window sill
Ran to the bathroom to get ill
Took off her clothes and then she passed out on the floor
She woke up the next day
In an unfamiliar place
Having made a mess on someone else's wall
Let me paint a hypothetical
Please don't be hypercritical
This kind of thing might happen to you
Though it's situational
And largely conversational
This kind of thing might happen to you
Sun through the blinds
Hits her eyes at dawn
Heavy head hung
She steps barefoot through the lawn
So let me paint a hypothetical
Please don't be hypercritical
This kind of thing might happen to you
Though it's situational
And largely conversational
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Sara, ooh Sara
Girl, I don't see enough of you
I don't want you to misconstrue
I want nothing, but every inch of you
Please tell me what I have to do
You don't know what you put me through
I want nothing, but every inch of you
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Sara, ooh Sara
What have I got myself in to?
I'm flying like a caribou
I want nothing, but every inch of you
Please tell me that you want me too
And I'll never be untrue
I want nothing, but every inch of you
Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh Sara, ooh Sara
I think that I am overdue
Do we need a fresh review?
I want nothing, but every inch of you
Ooh this sun king loves you more
This sun king loves you more
Your alabaster on my armoire
Sanguine tears flow from my heart
'Cause this sun king loves you more
Ooh god damn
Ooh this sun king loves you more
In the rum spring love is yours
My photograph on your boudoir
Memories beneath the sycamore
'Cause this sun king loves you more
Ooh god damn
Saturday stroll down the Champs-Elysees
Picnicing down by the Seine
Ooh this sun king loves you more
With one ring my paramore
Languid tones from my guitar
Parasols line the boulevard
'Cause this sun king loves you more
Waking up lying next to you
Doesn't work for me like it used to
Roll out of bed and head for the door
We go back a long, long way
Gotta stop living in yesterday
You don't get me up anymore
Maybe it's me, but I'm thinking it's you
What's a man supposed to do?
Even a fool could see
All of the things that you're doing to me
I found myself in a world of misery
Now that you're going off again
You don't get my attention
With your faded looks not to mention
I hate the sound of your voice
Don't feel like being by myself
I don't want to look for something else
I'm too tired to make a choice
Lie down in bed and turn you on
But I know there's something wrong, wrong
Even a fool could see
All of the things that you're doing to me
I found myself in a world of misery
Now that you're going off again
Can't live without you, I can't wait for the day
When I throw you away
Even a fool could see
All of the things that you're doing to me
I found myself in a world of misery
Now that you're going off again
Oh, even a fool could see
Even a fool could see
I found myself in a world of misery
The full moon rises
A drinking crowd
In walks a red dress
A glance without a sound
A strange connection
With looks that ever end
Peculiar tension
I live in a dream
Or no one else is living in reality
'Cause my words don't connect
And my esteem is wrecked, yeah
The crowd around me
Well they're gonna drown me
In their unceasing needs
Their mad insecurities, yeah
I'll run away, I'll run away
Maybe I'll get back to you someday
And maybe you'll love me anyway
Well so self-serving
Everybody's so damn deserving
And it cuts to the bone
I can't even get my own, no
But I've been learning
How to keep a thick skin
And a wide-open heart
But it's a delicate art, yeah
I'll run away, I'll run away
Maybe I'll get back to you someday
And maybe you'll love me anyway
You can find compassion if you look me in the eye
Just give a little love and I will always take your side
I'll run away, I'll run away
Get back to me someday
I drove to your place in a frenzy
Caught every red light in the city
Are you even home?
Disconnect the phone and watch TV
Oh this hesitation's killing me
Could we be alone?
When your enemies are friends
It's hard to know when one day ends
And another one begins
And though I know that smaller crimes
Have started bigger wars
I can't help from thinking
Everyone I know are whores
Park outside and walk across the street
Half way there I got knocked off my feet
Though I was so close
Medical attention is a must
When you've been run over by a bus
Could you check my pulse?
When your enemies are friends
It's hard to see where one line ends
And another one begins
And I can't see
All I percieve is yellow lines on black
If I die in your arms
We'll have our knives in each others back
Once again my plans are shot
Well curse my luck
I hope it's not this awkward
Next time I'm around
Drop this feeling all at once
I'll waste another seven months
Until the next time I get
Out of this town
We should do this again some time
If you're in town drop me a line
We know we'll never call
It sure was good to see you keep in touch
No one follows that through very much
Verse 1:
Midstate Better Have my Money
Don't test me Mutha Fuckas I study;
Shari keep tellin' me the sanction won't kill me
Fuckin' up my game count, now I can't shoot city;
Well I'm back on my dart shit, so watch where my darts
I'm a white horse walkin', so follow my dart prints;
If you're scare go to church, take you girl and your
wallet
or I'll eat all her candy and lick her watchamacallit;
I ain't worried about ya, I say Hi Hater
Yeah you think your great, but you know I'm greater;
I'm from Wisco, I go bozo
and I'm 6 dart fast - Flo Jo;
So don't come up here if you aint from up here
Fuck around and get stuck like gum up here;
And your best won't help, cause I'm gettin' in your
scalp
Now tell me how that shit smelt;
Chorus:
And all I do is darts and drink and rap and fuck
darts and drink and rap (repeat 1 more time)
Now watch me hit the hat trick, hat trick, hat trick,
hat trick
Now watch me hit the big trips, big trips, big trips,
big trips
Verse 2:
I got a call some fucker want to meet me
I took his money cause mutha fucka I'm greedy (uh);
Went 10 dart on that prick
He think I'm a magician cause I'm always throwin'
tricks;
Check mate him like Fisher, grab his girl and kiss her
Kidnap his mom, and fuck her like Stiffler's;
Hatties everywhere, man I make that bull look bigger
Glock with the magazine load my darts and pull the
trigger (Huh?);
I'm in my dart shit
I'm in that bullseye and I beat it like a drum stick;
Talk stupid and I'll put you on a milk carton
cause your game is so lame - Handicap Parkin';
You'll get played like a toy
so if you don't want beef, milk the cow cowboy;
...And tell those snitches I'm rat poison - pussy mutha
fuckers;
Chorus:
And all I do is darts and drink and rap and fuck
darts and drink and rap (repeat 1 more time)
Now watch me hit the hat trick, hat trick, hat trick,
hat trick
Now watch me hit the big trips, big trips, big trips,