leaving on the midnite train to memphis 5

from he art sha ped plan ha te by the tortoise and my hair

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i’m so sad tonight, you’re leaving on the midnight train to Memphis, i’m out here crying with the rain, spent, ‘n’ penniless, the rain reminds me how we’ve been

i got ta stayed focused on the things that make me feel i’m breathing, forget that other stance that’s more appealing and get back on the track behind the train

homeless, hopeless with no reason for more potions to please appease these symptoms of love’s poisons, its perfumes left to linger when yer gone

i’m so so sorry that i never ever gave th-appreciation that they always well deserved for me to give them i hope this does not mean they’ll be forsaken

wait dear got one more thing to tell ya, so draw nearer, get a little closer to my good ear, let me whisper what i really feel

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from he art sha ped plan ha te, released January 29, 2024

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the tortoise and my hair Guelph, Ontario

diary of a decomposing dog

this diary on this scary day is one of warmth again and play i am not going to say what my feeling really is in fact it’s just a lark that i have any at all no one’s left to listen, no one ever has, my bed’s been made un-wizened so been judged to be the best, but somehow just one wrinkle in my head is always left. ... more

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