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Mary Chapin Carpenter
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What To Keep And What To Throw Away
These are your instructions, should you chose to follow Sit down with pen and paper, begin with something hollow At the past words you offer a kind of explanation And only take up places that do not need to say them.
Open up the closet, find this winter coat there Check inside the pockets, find a couple notes It says 'milk and Sunday paper' and a heart smudged in blue You fold it up and box it before you have time to think.
Sundays are the hardest, a void from near your backroads Erased the old phone numbers, delete all the photos And those you haven't heard of come as no surprise They made the calculations when they chose aside.
These are your instructions and you become repulsive And old friends say they miss you and sleep becomes illusive Fill up every journal, empty every shoe box Find more lyrics at ※ Mojim.com Turn the lists and letters, sweep out all the old thoughts Shake off all the covers, roll every window open Stand here with the bare feet welcoming the morning These are your instructions and places left you stranded, But you are lost and wounded, bleeding and abandoned.
It's the tourniquet for pressure that I knew it's healing It's a prayer for good measure when you think you've lost all feeling Walking to the guest room, the last place he was sleeping See the outline on the pillow, smooth it without weeping.
One last final walkthrough, move the bags and boxes From front porch to the back seat, probably ain't the losing These are your instructions if you choose to follow Stop and take a big breath, begin with something hollow.
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