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Howl
03:54
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We went to the open fields and its dried up underneath
The Bluestem there is waving its hair and its shaking in the sunlight above
There’s a dog welcoming you to the cedar hue and he says come join the fray
This poor little pooch he calls this place home, but its a little easier when you’re made of stone
My girl told me that she couldn’t cook, but instead she puts out the wonderful food - and you just eat it up
So we went out to the open field and its dried out underneath
But the Bluestem well it waves at you while its shaking with the sun above
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The Northeast
04:16
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The northeast has almost everything you want
There’s a train station wherever you go and coffee at the corner store
If you play your cards right you can make it to the opening show
Just continue to work hard at making people think you’re someone to know
You could buy a watch, you could buy a car, you could buy a suit, you can wear your suit on the train line, in the bar, at the happy hour - just to let people know that you’re there
It’s if when you walk in you’re instantly given some type of validation (applause)
The northeast it has the countryside though it’s a little drive
The northeast it has the waterside and though there’s trash along the shore, that shouldn’t deter your fun you can look at everyone, you could even buy a t-shirt
Join a club of like-minded individuals, join a dating site of like-minded females; it’s all within your grasp, it’s all within your power, it’s your opportunity to pass
These are what you've been blessed with in the northeast and it's mostly full of shit
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400 Miles from Anything
04:16
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I can’t move to Alaska tonight
But I can plan an escape route, plan a way to be right
There we can be all things: scary, good, and the like
Here we’re like ketchup; we need to be squeezed out, we need to come out so tight
Up in Deadhorse, when you’re on the Dalton Hwy
It’s 400 miles from anything that could ever get in your way
Oh, in Prudhoe Bay!
There’s no one there, there’s no one there, and I like it that way
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Griggstown
03:48
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I went down to Griggstown, I went down to Griggstown
Went for a stroll along the orange
Outlined colors pressed in a barn
My feet can feel like a warm stove
Oxygen isn’t rent to own
It’s the grasslands!
It’s the grasslands!
Day will come with two ways to go
Off with the people and off with the dough
Straight to the wild but on your own
Walk for a while then you sleep alone
It’s the grasslands!
It’s the grasslands!
I’m in love with Griggstown
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Should I Eat More Fruit?
02:53
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I don’t want the days to run over hills like wild horses, I’d prefer they come more like a milk jug on my doorstep
I don’t want the days to have the taste of lonely pretzels, I’d prefer the crunch of a tough skin mango
I don’t want the days to be filled with endless longing or regret about what I should have done with my time (instead of sleeping/eating/sleeping/eating/sleeping/eating/sleeping/eating)
I’d prefer to lose myself out on the sidewalk crossing, staring hopefully at the bodega’s worn out awning
The days should have more life than this, they should have more life than this
I prayed to the heavens from a riverbed, help me get somewhere other than my couch
At the store debating between a soda and an orange juice, looking for ways to get my head out of the refuse -
should I eat more fruit?
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