I woke this morning, August 3rd
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It's pretty slow and uneventful summer
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Went to visit a friend in Santa Fe
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Went to New Orleans and went to see my family
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Woke up this morning and it occurred
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I needed one more chapter to finish up here
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I was feeling out of fuel and uninspired
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Laid on my bed, I got a little tired
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Met my girl and we walked down Union Street
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I was scared and my head was in a bunch of places
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Bought a 350 dollar pair of lampshades
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And we ate at Perry's and we ordered crab cakes
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Blue crab cakes, blue crab cakes
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Blue crab cakes
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She said I seemed distracted and asked what's going on with me
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I said I can't explain it, it's a middle age thing
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She said ok and ate her eggs Benedict
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And I looked at the walls cluttered with sports bar shit
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Sports bar shit, sports bar shit
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Sports bar shit
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Got on the phone and I called my mother
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And called my father, talked a little bit with him
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My sister, she's got a new boyfriend, he's a deer hunter
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And she's getting used to medicine
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And my dad's still fighting with his girlfriend
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About him flirting with them girls up in ??
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My momma's good but she sounded out of breath
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I worry so much about her, I worry to death
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I worry to death, I worry about her to death
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I worry to death
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The other night I went and saw the postal service
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Ben's my friend but getting there was the worst
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Tryna park and getting up the hill
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And find a spot among drunk kids staring at themselves
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Staring at the back I forgot I'm 8000
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Thought of Ben when I met him in 2000
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At a festival in Spain, he was on a small stage then
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And I didn't know his name
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Now he's singing at the Greek and he's busting moves
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And my legs were hurt and then my feet were too
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Calling after settling, said I'll skip the backstage high five
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Thanks for the nice music and all the exercise
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And we laughed and it was alright, and we laughed and it was alright
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It was alright
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Between a middle guy man with a backstage pass
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Hanging around like a jackass
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Everybody was 20 years younger than me
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??? I carried my legs ??
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I drove to my place near Tahoe
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Got in my hot tub and thought that's over
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It was quiet and I was listening to the crickets
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And Ben still out there, selling lots of tickets
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?? then in a couple of days my meltdown passed
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Back to the studio doing 12 hours shifts
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Singing a song about one thing or another
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Every day behind this tender, long summer
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This tender, long summer, this tender, long summer
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This tender, long summer
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Ben's My Friend
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Sun Kil Moon |