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Phoenix, 2005
02:51
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The party was at a house in the hills
The cake was green and white
Annie played cards and Sam hung out on the deck
By the pool nobody swims in
And the next night at the barbecue place
The tables were long, they’d give you a number
We got bored and had an arm wrestling contest
Yeah we got bored and had an arm wrestling contest
I guess I remembered that then
I remember remembering that now
On the way home, driving in the dark
We talked about how we’d know who we would marry
That’s when I decided not to go to Spain
There was too much to do right here
There was too much to do right here
And I guess I remembered that then
I remember remembering that now
Yeah I guess I remembered that then
I remember remembering that now
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1996
01:47
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Music played over splashes and shouts
You sat alone by the fence
I didn’t know how to talk to a crying girl
“I miss my dog, damn it,” you said
I think I said something about how the week would get better
You asked, “Are you, like, a computer nerd, or something?”
John Mellencamp was singing “Wild Night” on the speakers
I found out later that was really a Van Morrison song
Found out years later that was really a Van Morrison song
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Iowa
02:45
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The first girl who played me Twin Peaks
Had a nose ring and wore tie-dye
The moon was up and the river was high
We watched the one with the crazy ending
Then stepped outside beneath a red curtain sky
The moon was up and the river was high
You know, the guy who played Bob was just on the film crew
He ended up in a shot and they let it fly
The moon was up and the water was high
After that, the lodge was ebbing
After that, the woods slipped by
The moon was up and the river was high
The moon was up and the water was high
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Cork
01:59
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It was probably a Tuesday night
A little sunshine and a bit of rain
Stopped off to get some groceries
But I know we’d decided to make paninis
So we bought a loaf of sourdough
Took it back to watch kung fu movies
Little things were different
Something in the light in the morning
And the taste of black pepper
Little things were different
Something in the width of the streets
The damp smell in the air
The candy at the gas station
The ruins off in all the meadows
It was probably a Tuesday
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Sierra
02:33
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Slow in style, quick in sin
That’s what he was thinking when he took her in
But old movies end the way they will
And in the morning when the meadow weeps
Mistress Love, she sweetly creeps
Through your floorboards, cracks in the windowsill
So now sweet Sierra, she’s a wooden ghost
But what bothers him the most
Ain’t the way her heart’s made out of clay
It’s the way she wears that same dress every day
So now sweet Sierra, she’s a wooden ghost
But what bothers me the most
Ain’t the way her heart’s made out of clay
It’s the way she keeps that same dress on
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Paris, 2006
02:09
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We didn’t know everything
That’s for sure
But the things we did know
We sure were sure about
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Austin
02:14
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It was first real grown-up bicycle that I had ever had
Used to ride it all across town
Used to ride it to Annie’s place at midnight
Down the middle of the street
With dark leafy branches hanging above my head
In the hot spring night
Within a couple months somebody’d stolen it
Never was sure where I had it last
Maybe it’s still in Austin someplace
Used to ride it to Annie’s place at midnight
Down the middle of the street
With dark leafy branches hanging above my head
In the hot spring night
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New Mexico
04:39
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Didn’t know where we were living
All we knew is where we’d come from
Didn’t know where we’d be come September
Where are you sleeping tonight?
I think I’ll drag my bag up on the mesa
See the light in the morning
Light’s on in the kitchen window
I think I’ll go and see if there’s anyone there
Maybe play some music
Didn’t know where we were living
All we knew is where we’d come from
Didn’t know where we’d be come September
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9. |
Red Hook
01:48
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Golconda Albuquerque, New Mexico
Peripatetic avant-troubadour songs for the discerning vagabond
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