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Twin Human Highway Flares
by The Mountain Goats
tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
      and Andy Moskowitz

 F Bb (2x)

 F
 you turned to me and asked me if i'd always be your boy
 Bb
 as we drove across the river into western illinois
 F
 and on the railroad bridge, half a mile of solid steel
 Bb
 wheels were spitting out sparks, scraping at the rails
 C
 wind in your hair all right
 Bb
 sunset spilling through the rear window
 F C
 your white t-shirt hugging your shoulders, beaded with sweat
 F
 on the day that i become so forgetful
 Bb
 that all of this melts away
 F C
 i will burn all the calanders that counted the years down
 Bb F
 to such a worthless day

 F Bb (2x)

 as we walked across the parking lot toward the motel office
 we were walking with a benediction on us
 light was everywhere, the building stood against the sky
 like a monument to desperation 2 floors high
 a mile and a half from the river
 we went back to the car to get our overnight bags
 sunset spilling through your earrings, all over your body
 when we shut the motel door behind us,
 we knew we'd hit the motherlode
 on the day that i forget you,
 i hope my heart explodes

 F Bb (4x) F

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