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Smokestack, steam pipe

Snow falls in the half light

Red clay on the South Shore

I can't feel my feet no more

Needle on the sidewalk

Small men with their big talk

Everybody's got an open mind

Everybody's got a closed door

I can't feel my face no more

Big wave in a big storm

I'm so cold but I'm so warm

There's a sharp pain and a great war

I can't feel my pulse no more

No words

No song

No story

No space

No time

No broken line

We’re climbing up onto the mountain

The father who walked out on you is the mountain

The mother who’s heart was broken is the mountain

We’re climbing up onto the mountain

The creek that took your baby is the mountain

The storm that took your town is the mountain

We’re climbing up onto the mountain

You draw a circle

And start a fire

They come around

You let them down

You're the master clown

'til they run you out of town

You're the highest priest

You give a little to the least

Now old Wendell's gone West

To his eternal rest

Cuz you're the master clown

'til they run you out of town

DRINKING GAME

Rough draft

Please talk about

Anything else

I’m not ready to hear

I think about

Anything else

Just to make it disappear

I don’t want to play

Your drinking game

I might as well

Lay it all on the table

I’m not able to hide

And here I go

Telling my fable

Taking myself for a ride

I don’t want to play

Your drinking gsme

Cuz my father’s father’s father’s father’s father

Drank alone

By the cold seawater

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