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When I Was Born
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When I Was Born
(Aug20,86)
I was born in a wasteland of a wastebasket yawning after the last piece of garbage was wrought in the dust of the fallen walls out back of a Taco Bell at 3 AM just as they're closing down. As I puked my brains out.
(Oct30,86)
I was born in a row of houses. Or more like the alley behind as we peed in the dark. Trying not to let the passing cops see us there after the bar kicked us out.
(Mar22,87)
I was born on a train or a platform. I can't remember cause the blackout. Just know when I came to my knees were bleeding and I don't know how I got home.
(Oct31,87)
I was born in a water fountain. Baptised broken fingered and dropped off by a bus. And I was almost late to work that morning. But I wasn't.
(Aug20,86)
Was it me or was it you?
Was I the same person then I am now?
Are you? Are any of us the same?
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Left My Body
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Left My Body
(Oct30,86)
Sometimes I feed off of being alone.
Sometimes I feel like I'm losing it.
(Oct31,87)
Sometimes I love that sedentary life.
Sometimes it's closer to drowning.
Sometimes I feel these glitches in my head.
Sometimes I am something else.
(June8,89)
Leaving combs on the dresser.
Leaving trash in the can.
Leaving sanity, sanitarily.
Leaving marks on the walls.
Leaving skin on the ground.
I left my body where it was
found.
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Sunday Drives
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Sunday Drives
(Jul5,86)
i don't know how this is supposed to work
or why i'm doing this
or who this is even for
how do i sign off?
i guess i just stop?
(Jul6,86)
i guess i like the view
a sunday drive
the trees and farms
and little towns we go through
(Aug20,86)
sometimes i feel like my life is starting over
i'm just being born again and again
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Basking
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Basking
(Oct31,87)
i know it seems like i'm always pulling the alarm
but i'm really more together than what i put on
(Dec18,87)
i bask in the glow
of the end of this godforsaken year
an explosion of doubt
a palace and thorny crowns
i'm ready for something else
i wanna see new orleans in the winter
cause it's anywhere but here
(Jul5,88)
i don't know who i'm trying to impress
i guess it doesn't matter but
(Apr10,88)
is it over yet?
(I bask in the glow
of your voice in my head
I loved all our time
We got. It was worth it.)
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Gut-Check
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Gut-check
(Jan7,90)
i wish i could talk to you when i sleep
but i can't so i don't mind running on fumes
i'd rather be tired than not hear your voice
she snuck me into movies
she's not afraid of breaking rules
she's not afraid of anything
makes me less afraid of everything
(Jan23,90)
I think I'm definitely falling now
the ultimate gut-check
a blank slate waiting to be filled in
and if i could say anything or any words
to anyone i want to say them to you
all warm and close
all boisterous and belligerent
all messy like my head
and when i feel her lips
i could sigh with the moon
and tides will change with our breath
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I'm a Thief
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I'm a Thief
(Jan30,90)
pardon my directness dear but i'm feeling rather anxious
can you pick me up and put me back on the shelf?
it's everything i want to say but can't
it's every conversation
i want to have but can't say out loud
(Mar14,90)
i could build a life here
or anywhere
i could go the whole wide world
to steal another phrase
i'll steal every second i can get
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Don't Be Like Me
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Don't Be Like Me
(Nov22,90)
the holidays were always hard
and this is also hard
let go and get easier already
we shared a turkey sandwich on the porch
you're months away, it feels like years
to see your face, you could say i'm scared
that you'll have my chin
my nose, my wonky eyes
that you'll have my fears
my worries and my faults
(Jan2,91)
hi scout
you're a little early but you're just in time
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July 4 1991
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July 4, 1991 (braces and blood)
(Jul8,91)
welcome to the worst day of my life
i'd never been as scared as this
the fourth of july. in 1991
i almost lost my wife and son
it was so hot out
steam on the streets
waiting till the sun goes down
twilight and a car crash
i'm fine
they're not
they aren't okay
the ambulance
the braces and the blood
and the doctors say they'll make a full recovery
and i'm so sorry i should have seen it coming
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What Do I Do Now?
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What Do I Do Now?
(Jul5,01)
it's what i should have said out loud
"your words are like a warm blanket
swallowing me whole
i can't escape and i don't want to"
i couldn't keep her here
something kept calling her away
i remember when i saw the look
that's the day i knew Amelia wasn't staying anymore
i still feel unprepared
i still can't believe it
what do i tell scout?
what do we do now?
(Jul13,01)
i haven't left my bed in weeks
and i am a box of papers cut out of the frame
and folded away
i'm waiting for the sun to hit
so i set on fire
i want to be set on fire
i wasn't prepared for this
wherever did you go?
really, what do i do now?
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Pick Up the Pieces
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Pick Up the Pieces
(Aug11,01)
pick up the pieces
i'm falling apart on the couch
i'm under the brick of the house
i have to pretend i'm okay
i know everyone is broken
i know you don't know that yet
i know my head's full of too much conversation
i'm talking to someone that isn't there
if there's one thing i've learned
it's that some kind of paper are
more satisfying to rip into pieces
and some people are too
and it's not about having all the answers
it's about the questions you ask as you go
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Point the Needle Home
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Point the Needle Home
(Nov12,01)
put the pieces back together
you're almost out of time
(Dec10,01)
hold your breath through the tunnels
(nov12,01)
i'd rather melt into the walls
(Dec10,01)
point the needle home
(Oct31,01)
Amelia took nothing when she left
(Nov11,01)
skipping the sunday drive for awhile
(Sept17,01)
ready to head East
it's gonna be good for us
so good for me
(Dec12,01)
a long drive to Chicago
and it's beautiful in the dark
(Dec14,01)
tiny snowmen on the railing
it almost breaks my heart
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I Hope the Future Isn't Bleak
(Apr6,08)
it's amazing how we find things
lose things, an attic or a shed
a journal or your head
and i'm everywhere again
my body strewn about the room
trying/failing to put it back together
my arms at 16
my heart when scout was born
my gut when amelia left
my whole life a few words on a page
i hope the future isn't bleak
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Take Care of Yourself
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Take Care of Yourself
(Dec29,18)
My dad died young
i never heard from my mom again
and then here i go
gonna miss everything down the road
i hope you get it right, Scout
i hope you live your life
i miss you already kid
and i'm so proud of you son
take care of yourself
i love you very much
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