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Blithewood

from Old Judgments by Jersey Water

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*This line was stolen from the Hank Williams song, "Long Gone Lonesome Blues."

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Students used to live inside the mansion in the 60’s
Tomorrow you will drive over the Tappan Zee
Having lodged yourself successfully back into my spokes
You drop me off at the photo lab then be on your way

This is how we speak
These are all our voices growing old inside us
This is why we’ve come
Dressed in clothes all left undone

Well I photographed this corner
Then you sang about it later
And the fireworks at Blithewood in the summertime
They are accidents, my boy
I take them all back to the room so dark

This is where we drink and where we’ll never drink again
This is where we feel the freest we have ever felt

Hey, you blessed thing
Who won't ever let me go
You left me waiting for your horn and then it came

Crash and burn
We drink ourselves into conversation
Our tongues soaked with wine
And your steady green
We are animals, my boy
Take me all back to the city blues
Wide open hallelujah landscape

This is where we swim and where we’ll never swim again
This is where we dive
Going down in it three times but we’re only coming up twice*

Hey, you cursed thing
Who won't ever let me go
You left me waiting for your horn and then it came

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from Old Judgments, released March 15, 2006

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But soon hit the Double Stuf

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