Prior Things - Hop Along

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[Verse]
           
Just a few min

              
utes after tak

              
ing them I rea


lized
          
Hundreds of bu

              
zzing flies we

            
re all over me
           
I looked up an

              
d there you we

        
re, reading
           
You were on yo

              
ur own, you we

         
re on vacation

You were on va

cation
  
Vacation means

 "leave"
              
Means "obliter

              
ate all prior 

  
things"

[Verse]
           
Here, why don'

     
t I try
            
Why don't I tr


y to make you 

mine?
          
Why is a lack 

      
of imagination

 the crime?
          
Why don't I tr

y
             
Why don't I tr

            
y to make you 

  
mine?
          
Why don't I ba

            
ck you up agai

nst this momen

t?

[Chorus]
   
So when you fi

nally go
           
And when you c

          
hoose to go
              
I resume my li

      
ttle road
              
And nobody nee

        
ds to know
              
Will know that

   
 I ever meant 

to leave
              
My little lowe

    
r road

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[Verse]
             
I watch the bi

              
rd feeder out 

          
back in my par

      
ents' yard
           
The weight of 

       
that bluejay
              
The bully stea

      
ls it all
              
And what must 

           
happen in your

   
 mind
           
When you creat

          
e those silenc

es?
            
Well never min

d, I don't wan

t to see
             
I know it's go

              
t nothing to d

        
o with me
              
Here, why don'

     
t I try
             
Why don't I tr


y to move asid

e?
             
I'm still soft

   
, I'm still in

 my prime
          
Why don't I tr

y
            
Why don't I tr


y to move asid

e
         
I'm still soft

        
, it's still m

y time

[Chorus] x2
            
And when you f

       
inally go
           
When you choos

e to go
              
I resume my li

      
ttle road
              
And nobody nee

      
ds to know
              
Will know that

            
 I ever meant 

              
to meant to le


ave
              
My little lowe

   
r road

[Outro]
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