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intro/outro: 

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i found an old rock in the dry dirt outside
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the door of my motel room.
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it was a triangle with soft rounded edges
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and a split down the middle of one corner.
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it was darker than english moss.
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green like the soft frills of a peacock's plume.
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i waited for you, but i never told you where i was.
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it was you who taught me how to write these kinds of equations.
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i waited on the steps for you,
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and i hid in the bushes whenever a car pulled into the parking lot.
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you taught me how to listen to these distant stations.
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distant stations.

(intro)

i saw the sky break.
i threw a rock at a crow who was playing in the mulch of some rose bushes by the motel office.
missed him by a good yard or two.
i sang old songs from nowhere.
los angeles.
albuquerque.
i said a small prayer for the poor and the naked and the hungry.
and i prayed real hard for you.
i waited for you, but i never told you where i was.
it was you who taught me how to write this kind of equation.
i waited on the steps for you,
and i hid in the bushes whenever a car pulled into the parking lot.
you taight me how to listen to these distant stations.
distant stations.

(outro)