Mountain Goats - Twin Human Highway Flares

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you turned to me and asked me if i’d always be your boy
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as we drove across the river into western illinois
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and on the railroad bridge , half a mile of solid steel
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wheels were spitting out sparks , scraping at the rails

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wind in your hair , alright
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sunset spilling through the rear window
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your white t – shirt hugging your shoulders
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beaded with sweat
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on the day that i become so forgetful
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that all of this melts away
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i will burn all the calendars that counted the years down
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to such a worthless day

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as we walked across the parking lot towards the motel office
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we were walking with a benediction on us
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light was everywhere , the building stood against the sky
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like a monument to desperation , two floors high
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a mile and a half from the river
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we went back to the car to get our overnight bags
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sunset spilling through your earrings
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all over your body

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when we shut the motel room door behind us
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we knew we’d hit the motherlode
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on the day that i forget you
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i hope my heart explodes