The Shins – Mildenhall (Guitar)

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At fifteen we had to leave the States again

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Dad was stationed at an RAF base they called Mildenhall

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Black moss on a busted wall

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The cobblestones made it hard to skate

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I thought my flattop was so new wave

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Until it melted away in the Suffolk rain

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Well god damn, you miss the USA

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Then a kid in class passed me a tape

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An invitation, not the hand of fate

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I guess my shoes said I might relate

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Somehow she knew I'd like to stay up waiting with her in the cold

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For cheap beer and rock 'n roll

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Which in time put lots of things in my mind

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A kid in class passed me a tape

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We saw some bands down at the corn exchange

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I wonder where my sister was that night

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Back at home under the tanning bed lights

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I can still see the glow

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Strange rays from her window

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Each night, as I was skating home

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Started messing with my dad's guitar

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Taught me some chords just to start me off

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Whittling away on those rainy days 

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And that's how we get to where we are now

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A kid in class passed me a tape

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A band called The Jesus and the Mary Chain

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I Started messing with my dad's guitar

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Taught me some chords just to start me off

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Whittling away on those rainy days 

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And that's how we get to where we are now

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And that's how we get to where we are now