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I Wish I Was the Moon - Neko Case
chimney falls and lover's blaze
thought that I was young
now I've freezin' hands and bloodless veins
as numb as I've become
I'm so tired, I wish I was the moon tonight

last night I dreamt I'd forgotten my name
'cause I sold my soul but I woke just the same
I'm so lonely, I wish I was the moon tonight

god bless me I'm a free man
with no place free to go
paralyzed and collared tight
no pills for what I fear
this is crazy, I wish I was the moon tonight

how will you know if you've found me at last
'cause I'll be the one, be the one, be the one
with my heart in my lap,

I'm so tired, I'm so tired
and I wish I was the moon...
tonight

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South Tacoma Way - Neko Case

I put on that sweater you gave me
I woke up in the kitchen a few minutes later
I didn't know how I had done that.
Did you guide me?

I didn't make it to your funeral.
I didn't want ritual or resign.
I just wanted to hold hands with
J.P. and Mary Joe

But I couldn't conjure tears.
You were too good for stupid angels.
Lightning just held its breath beside me
and burned the air 'til it was gone.

'Til it was gone,
'Til it was gone.

Couldn't pay my respects to a dead man,
Your life was much more to me.
And I chased away with sticks and stones,
But that rage kept following me.

Following me,
Following me.

So lost I was asleep in the palms of your hands.
In dreams we were happy and safe.
I can't comprehend the ways that I miss you,
They come to light in my mistakes.

In my mistakes,
In my mistakes.

Now I'm driving down Tacoma Way
And the world turns in slow motion.
It's the twilight of our old home
And I'm still in love with you.

Oh here on South Tacoma Way
We've memories for matinees
And the tears come warm and heavy
And the cross streets bear your name

Oh the cross streets bear your name.

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Things That Scare Me - Neko Case

Fluorescent lights engage
Like birds frying on a wire
Same birds that followed me
to school when I was young.

Were they trying to tell me something?
Were they telling me to run?

The hammer clicks in place, the world's gonna pay
Right down in the face of God and his saints
Claim your soul is not for sale
I'm a dying breed who still believes

Hunted by American dreams
Haunted by American dreams

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