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2016 - Verse

spilled wine

that’s spilled wine on my skirt…

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2016 - Verse

The Mirror

I don’t really know myself…

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2016 - Verse

nutelle crepe

i crashed the car in the garage
had a night of revelry…

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2016 - Verse

The Pearl of Great Price

Sold everything I had to start over…

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2016 - Verse

Oh North Korea in the Heavenly Places

Supple earth with trees of life
A heritage of surrender…

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2016 - Verse

Three Times I Love You

I’m tiny in an endless ocean
And I sort of know where I’m heading
It’s some kind of a wedding
I swim, I tread, and I swim…

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2016 - Music

Desert Life

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2016 - Verse

I Could Blow Through the Ceiling

I heard you singing in your falsetto voice
Broke down crying when it stripped us all
Naked…

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2016 - Verse

Miss Mary Gaitskill

She used to dance onstage on Tuesday nights…

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2016 - Verse

On a Hilltop

When we sit on a hilltop overlooking the bright lights
Consoling one another…

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