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Hawaii
02:01
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I did not want to come to Hawaii
I only came ‘cause I felt like you wanted me to
I don’t know whatever happened to Norway
Your grandfather said he had the perfect room
All set up for us with the perfect view
And now here we are
Now here we are
I thought you wanted to learn more
About where he came from
He’s got connections
I guess I’ll try my best
To relax and to rest
There are places I’d like to go less
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My Lover is Gone
03:06
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My lover is gone
And I don’t know where he’s gone off to
My lover is gone
And I don’t know where he’s gone off to
I suspect foul play
It is the only way
He would ever leave this place
He’d never own
Such a burden
As to simply walk away
My lover is gone
And I don’t know where he’s gone off to
My lover is gone
And I don’t know where he’s gone off to
I suspect we’ll find him
In a week or so
Lying prostrate by the side of the road
I won’t be convinced
Of his will to live
Somewhere other than this life
He’d never exit
Never excuse himself
Not without saying something
(That doesn’t sound like him)
I suspect foul play
It is the only way
Aren’t you believing this?
And my lover is gone
I swear I don’t know where he’s gone off to
My lover is gone
And I swear I don’t know where he’s gone off to
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Sick Ghost
02:57
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I knew there was no way
You’d be leaving this place
You’re far too stubborn
To be taken away
I thought it was impossible
Until it was real
Right in front of me
I can feel you
But what I didn’t know
Was you’d be traveling around my home
A rambling and ambling sick ghost
I can hear your song
Like a sea bird in the night
You’d think that it would scare me
But it’s all right
You’d think that it would scare me
But it’s all right
But what I didn’t know
Was you’d be traveling around my home
A rambling and ambling sick ghost
It’s what they don’t tell you
In your dreams
It’s what they don’t tell you
In the stories you keep
That you hold on to
What was left behind you
Evermore clung
To what you departed from
Oh what I didn’t know
Was you’d be traveling around my home
A rambling and ambling sick ghost
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Letter From Lu
04:46
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Last night I had a dream
That I got a letter from you
Which is impossible
But it made sense
It was true
“Dearest friend,
I know you had to do it
In order for us both to survive
But not a day goes by
I don’t think I see your face
In the sunrise light
Beyond the fence”
It went on for a page or two
It was handwritten
I slumped onto the floor
Clutching it tight
In my chilly Ketchikan kitchen
“Dearest friend,
I know you had to do it
It was a difficult gesture of love
But not a night goes by
I don’t think I see your face
In the sunset light
Beyond the fence
And when you read this
I want you to know
That I am all right
She loves me just like you did
Well, maybe not quite
(But who could ever?)
Dearest friend,
I know you had to do it
In the piercing light
Beyond the fence
I look for you
I love you
Even if that train choir
Never brings you
Back here again”
I woke up and stiffened
At the lack of your body
At your missing
At the shape of air
Where you should be
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Waiting Room
03:09
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Waiting on the bench, beside each other’s hired men
We paid them good money to do what we could have done
I noticed you distracted and looking up
It must’ve been the song on the intercom
I remembered it, too
Suddenly all went blue
Funny how we always think about the things we’re not supposed to
At the very same moment we’re about to do what we don’t want to do
And I know the feeling, too
Suddenly all went blue
Suddenly all went blue
Right there in the waiting room
Is this what we want to do?
Is this what we want to do?
Suddenly all went blue
Right there in the waiting room
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6. |
I Come Back
04:48
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When I come back
I need to hear your voice
I need to see your face
And connect the dots
Of what went down
When i was gone
When I come back
I need to touch your skin
I need to feel the hairs
I need to smell where they’ve been
I need the reminder
Of where I really am
And even though it has changed
It’s been the same for so long
That I think I’ll be okay
I don’t think my adjustment will be too long
When I come back
I need to wash my skin
I need to fill my mind
With all of the light
That I had forgotten
When I was away
When I come back
I need to lie in our bed
Don’t wash the sheets
I need to ease back in
To the space
That was mine
And even though it has changed
It’s been the same for so long
That I think I’ll be okay
I don’t think my adjustment will be too long
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In Line
04:04
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Even though sometimes we get what we want
There’s no way to predict the future
Better not to give it thought
A black sky comes
A white light runs
In the final blinking moments of our lives
There’s no way to predict the future
Better not pay it mind
A solitude resounds
A lightness wraps round
Forgive the stars and muses for their loss
There’s never been a way to predict the future
Better not to cling to the pause
A silver hand appears
But there is no arm
There is no arm
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