The Hold Steady – Grand Junction (Guitar)

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That punk with a mustache who brought us our breakfast

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Never came back with the check

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On our third day of driving with no expectations

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Except some vague sense of The West

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Our silence was stretched between nerves and the knowledge

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The ring that she wore wasn't mine

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Because people get tired and they turn on each other

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And the rivers run from the divides

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That night we drove into Grand Junction

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The lights were weeping and deep and divine

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She said I trust that we'll get somewhere safe by the storm

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But I'm scared of the size of this sky

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Janie, I fear that our love from last year

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Was a tenor that's hard to maintain

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Lost half what we had through a hole in the bag

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And the cellophane won't take the blame

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If we stretch out our funds we can get through the month

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But at some point there must come a time

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That we sell something shipped from the wishes you list

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For the guys that you talk with online

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She said mister if you're thinking that far ahead

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Can you see where we live when we get to the end of this?

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Besides you don't like when I lean on those kinds of friends

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It hurts being human

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But our instincts will keep us alive

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We do what we do to survive

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On the next day of driving with no real direction

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Except for the sunset out west

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She said I like having friends who check out and check in

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So what if they send me some gifts?

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In Grand Junction it seemed all the mountains were mocking

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Our own little pitiful lives

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On the side of the road with her arms in the air

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Amazed by the size of the sky