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    Where to Begin

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    I don’t know about anybody else. Everyone is so different and I can’t speak for them, but, you know that long, graceful arc that runs from the small of your back,

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    Drunk Text

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    And, so, eventually it got to where I had to start hiding my phone before I started drinking just to quit drunk texting you. But, I’d always find it when I dropped the…

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    Two Stances on Cruelty (with commentary)

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    Everyone always knew where Elvis stood and how he stood, on cruelty. Through all four verses and the chorus he never wavered once in his long recording and touring career. The King remained…

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    Things I Have to Say

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    I have all sorts of things to say about the things I have to say, but, very little to say about the things I’ve already said. Sometimes, it’s because if I’d had more…

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    Your Dark Features

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    I lived in a stump At the top of a hill With seven other guys And a girl so chill But, I wanted more And that’s the cruelest teacher

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    either way–

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    either way-- whispering or mouthing the words --May 8, 2019

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    Elbow

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    I fell, ma. I was carryin’ your wheelchair and I slipped and I fell and I busted my arm. My right arm. My pointer

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    Sheets

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    Look, I’m a Feminist, alright? Anyone who knows me will tell you that. Anyone. I don’t have to defend my credentials

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    only the flowers

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    only the flowers can come and go-- walled garden --May 4, 2019

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    Apologies to the Ink Spots

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    I just want to start a flame in your heart that sets the world on fire. You should be the one that gets to burn this place to the ground. --May 3, 2019

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    dark, sleepy eyes

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    dark, sleepy eyes a yes with an accent french press --May 3, 2019

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    Transformer

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    Even if you took a Telecaster and played it with an ice-pick, If, even, you sang through a bag

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    My Girl, My Goat

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    You got my goat, once, but you’re not gettin’ him again. This is my goat right here now. This is my goat. You understand?

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    3:10 to Yuma

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    I thought about her from 3:10 all the way to Yuma, and then back. It was rainy and I had nowhere else to go. -- April 28, 2019

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    Ghost Towns

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    I find some towns harder to abandon than others, but it’s not the way you think. If it’s glittering

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    Notre Dame

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    And then the pyramids fell over. Angkor Wat turned to dust and blew away. The Taj Mahal

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    Hunky Dory

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    She had it on vinyl and I think it may have even been the very rare gate-fold cover. I don’t care. I’m not a collector.

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    Stay Rare

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    Stay rare stay scarce stay almost undiscoverable, girl. --April 13, 2019

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    about eight seconds–

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    about eight seconds-- the foreseeable future --April 13, 2019

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    brunswick stew–

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    brunswick stew-- never get a georgia girl all stirred up --April 12, 2019

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