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You say "We look happy here"
Pointing at a picture frame
My arm around your shoulder
all this happiness, never any pain
Your mom pinned it on the fridge
Called it "perfect finally"
But no one saw you later
yelling "This is killing me…
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Grandpa wore a red bandana
Said the dust would wash away
Rock dust settled in the kitchen
Supper bought on miner’s pay
Daddy swore the mountain’s mercy
Was a blessing, not a debt
Said a man earns what he’s given
It’s a coal town, don’t…
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I walked in and you were wearing that red dress
Said you bought it from a second-hand store
someone said it didn’t fit, it wasn’t right
someone didn’t want it anymore
I said: "Baby That's like me and you
'Cause once I didn’t fit and it broke…
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(Week 5 of 52)
Put my suitcase in the back seat
I know you couldn't change my mind
But all that glitters, all that shines
Never felt like it was mine
Learned the train lines, dives and bars
Learned to sleep with honking cars
But all the…
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The Cabinet of Mirrors meets at ten
Nodding Secretaries in a row
Like a bunch of old dashboard dogs
In tailored suits from Savile Row
They call it peace through strength
Deaths the price we pay
Killing keeps us safe at night
Everybody…
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Shirts,pants, ties and coats
wreckage from a life worn out long ago
cardboard box, goodwill on the side
with things I haven’t worn since 1995
Dropped from a jacket pocket
landed on old scuffed up shoes
A folded page, still crisp and clean…
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