Thinking outrageously I write in cursive
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I hide in my bed with the lights on the floor
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Wearing three layers of coats and leg warmers
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I see my own breath on the face of the door
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Oh I am not quite sleeping
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Oh I am fast in bed
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There on the wall in the bedroom creeping
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I see a wasp with her wings outstretched
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North of Savanna we swim in the palisades
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I come out wearing my brother's red hat
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There on his shoulder my best friend is bit seven times
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He runs washing his face in his hands
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Oh how I meant to tease him
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Oh how I meant no harm
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Touching his back with my hand I kiss him
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I see the wasp on the length of my arm
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Oh great sights upon this state! Hallelu-
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Wonders bright, and rivers, lake. Hallelu-
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Trail of Tears and Horseshoe Lake. Hallelu-
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trusting things beyond mistake. Hallelu-
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We were in love. We were in love.
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Palisades! Palisades! Palisades
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I can wait. I can wait.
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Lamb of God, we sound the horn.
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Hallelujah!
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To us your ghost is born.
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Hallelu-
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I can't explain the state that I'm in
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The state of my heart, he was my best friend
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Into the car, from the back seat
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Oh admiration in falling asleep
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All of my powers, day after day
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I can tell you, we swaggered and swayed
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Deep in the tower, the prairies below
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I can tell you, the telling gets old
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Terrible sting and terrible storm
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I can tell you the day we were born
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My friend is gone, he ran away
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I can tell you, I love him each day
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Though we have sparred, wrestled and raged
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I can tell you I love him each day
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Terrible sting, terrible storm
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I can tell you...
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The Predatory Wasp Of The Palisades Is Out To Get Us!
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Sufjan Stevens |