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Windmill
02:26
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(for Exit 167)
I can’t drive home through the prairie state alone without remembering
How the windmill turned from the back of John’s car
The last warm night of fall
It was the loudest sound I’ve ever heard
It was the loudest sound I’ve ever heard
It was the loudest sound I’ve ever heard
And I remember
How we never crushed those pennies on the train tracks
You never patched the holes in your old shoes
You never cared to stay in the Midwest
Just another place to grow and grow out of
Just another place to grow and grow out of
I’m just another place to grow and grow out of
Was it the loudest sound you ever heard?
Was it the loudest sound you ever heard?
I can’t drive home through the prairie state alone without remembering
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Stamps
02:50
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(for Rachel)
The year ended
You stopped sending letters with the stamps upside down
I looked again
You cropped all the pictures you took overseas
My circadian rhythm could never line up with your wanderlust
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Rebuilding Year
03:43
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(for Kaylee and Derrick)
Home for holidays
Listening to mixtapes
Talking through a bad year
Translating French
It’s okay if you’re not ready to feel anything new
Home and here to stay
Wander around campus
Talking through a bad year
And making plans
It’s okay if you’re not ready to feel anything new
It’s okay if you’re not ready to feel anything new
We haven’t talked in forever but I want you to know that every time I see a picture of you smiling and happy in the life that you built from the rubble of that terrible year I can’t help but feel a sense of pride for you, for me, for all of us that almost broke but clawed our way out
Trade away the stars for developing prospects
There’s always next year
Assembling a core of homegrown talent
There’s always next year
Try to be okay with time and distance
This will be my rebuilding year
There’s always next year
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