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some memories were great

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Keepsakes To Keep Going

i threw on that shirt that you bought me 
the time we drove for like 9 thousand miles around the country
brought me back to better days, 
not giving a damn where we lay our heads to rest
we both knew love was radical.
and every hour spent a sabbatical,
in that '07 orange dodge caliber
no matter where we went,
every moment in the unknown felt like home.
every sentence meant so much back then
in the salad days of no direction, 
what you said that trip i'll never forget,
'i wonder where we'd be if we never went together?'
its kind of hard to remember every stop we made,
but i wrote a journal, document the days
and i still have a roll of ilford 35 millimeter 
black and white film to develop 

We can use the power of our memories, hopes and dreams
to help us get through to see a better day
its been feeling lately like the end of days are already here
but we can change direction for the better to the upcoming years

remember the days of rebellious youth?,
protest the state, to seek the truth
'keep pushing forward', written on the board,
fulfilling the dreams i used to have when i was seventeen
But I failed to make the grades 
cuz my mind was lost in space
thinking of you and the brooklyn banks
tearing vans everyday through the layers of duct tape around my soul
i sealed my fate
the moment i met you
i remember i lent you a 7b lead pencil
to sketch a memory from growing up in the early 90s 
that you felt was influential.
then flipping thru the pages, i saw your notes written in quotations it read 'the best days of our lives
were floating down the Delaware,
imagining life beyond the sky. ‘

found a picture of us from years ago, 
still wearing that same old carhartt coat
from our trip to montreal.
that kept us warm, in 4 below 
along the tracks to get the dethhouse show
let all the fun continue on
no matter what new dumb problems come
use the past to help you thru the madness 
just remember look back now and again 
at how good we used to have it.

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from Whatever Helps (You Get Through), released November 13, 2020

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