Howdy GJ. Sure appreciate the excellent suggestions. Only one I can't use is this line, because the singer isn't leaving at this point in the song:
I smiled to myself as I left
I also think I want to retain the word "friend" in the last line of that verse to emphasize that to this gal, every stranger was a friend.

DO hope you get a chance to come back on this one. I want to get it to music fairly soon. Thanks for checking in on this for me.

Bobbie


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