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i leave the house as soon as it gets light outside
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like a prisoner breaking out of jail
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and i steal down to business 15-501
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like i had a bounty hunter on my tail
              D 
and somebody stops to pick me up
        C
but he drops me off just down the block


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and along the highway
           C             G
where the empty spirits breed
           D              G
wild sage growing in the weeds



walk down the soft shoulder and i count my steps

headed vaguely eastward, sun in my eyes

and i lose my footing and i skin my hands breaking my fall

and i laugh to myself and look up at the skies



and then i think i hear angels in my ears

like marbles being thrown against a mirror

and along the highway

where unlucky stray dogs bleed

wild sage growing in the weeds


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and somedays i don't miss my family
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and somedays i do
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somedays i think i'd feel better if i tried harder
C                          D
most days i know it's not true



i lay down right where i felt cold grass in my face

and i hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides

and i stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand

til it doesn't sting so much and until the blood's dried



and when somebody asks if i'm ok

i don't know what to say

and along the highway

from cast off innumerable seeds

wild sage growing in the weeds

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