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Fine
02:55
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first time i saw a lightning bug, i was seven
they’re pretty fun. when they’re in jars, they don’t live long
christmas at church, we passed the time playing hangman
five-letter word, don’t know how you didn’t guess it
i’m fine
i’m out of my mind
following all and falling off
at twenty-six i never paid for your coffee
behind the bar i topped it off when they weren’t looking
the place is closed, a water main and a staff union
my caffeine dreams long ago turned to nightmares
it’s pretty nice, can we afford to pay the pet rent?
it’s pretty big, when i shout can keely hear me?
it’s pretty tall but does the boss believe in jesus?
back where i’m from everyone believes in jesus
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Old
03:00
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first of the month. the rent is due, the morning was
i feel so old. feels like it’s been thirty years since i was home
i had a dream that your father drove me to the store
across state lines so i could buy a graphics card
if those are my dreams, then i’m old
i’m old, my skin is old
everyone’s laughing at me because i’m old
i’m old, my bones are old
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3. |
Hail Song
05:08
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the weatherman said severe storms coming
we just got on a call with matt and jonah
your voice coming down the hallway, floating
the whole time while the connection’s dropping
it was hailing in june but it’ll stop soon
weatherman says look out your window
you can’t see anything, it’s crazy
twenty-five seems like so many
he’s useless but he’s so determined
it’s so easy to be wrong
should have moved the car
parked under the tree
would you do that for me?
when i was young, my dad would watch the storms from the porch
and we’d listen as the hailstones pelted the roof
and he’d fold a piece of paper into a boat
promise me a five-dollar bill if i’d sail it down the street
bet he still has the bucket that i’d run out wearing on my head
we could use it now
they’re grapefruit-sized
they’re mushroom-sized
they’re 9/11-sized
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Wiggler
02:03
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this time last year i made a friend
prettiest girl i ever met
i like the things she says to me
the way she walks through windows
she’s a wiggler
she is one of a kind
got a brand-new car but i’m not sure that it’ll fit her
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Loop
02:44
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Toaster
02:58
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the toaster’s unplugged
the cavity’s shut
the kitchen’s too small
the sixty-four bus
i’m quitting my job
i can’t make this up
moving back home
i wish you could see it
the cabinets won’t shut
the microwave broke
the chips are all gone
if you feed the cats, after that, i’ll clean up
i’ll pack up the car
maybe someday i’ll see you, virginia
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Union of One
04:45
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above your office door there’s a two-faced man who speaks in codes
and whenever your door is closed, i know you’re working harder than you should
on august 18th ’81, this country broke forever
and when i think it’s getting better, his tiny fingers reach under the door
i’ll mix my metaphors, it’s the kind of thing that i know how to do
i’d be so proud if you heard storm clouds roar like paper tigers
i’m thinking of starting a union of one
and bargaining past midnight
we could start again at first light
well, if you’d wake up, too
i remember seeing you on the bus
i’ll listen, but i’ll never learn anything
i promise i’ll never learn anything
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Recluse
00:41
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if i was a recluse, i never would have met you
and we would’ve never fallen in love
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Gun
03:09
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i bought a gun
it’s my first one
it’s pretty fun
it’s all i need to keep me safe
i’ll go online
download some bullets and perfume
i hope i get to use them on you
turns out i needed two guns
i bought a thousand guns
i bought four hundred million guns
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10. |
Six Sages
02:52
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