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An Ode To John Hartford's"In Tall Buildings"

from Chestnut Street by Kendra McKinley

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A song about studying music in school...

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I stubbed my toe
skipping across the wet river rocks
and suddenly found myself
falling into the water.

Soaked to the bone,
I met the eyes of teachers in ties
saying, "there's no time for
falling. Time to move onward!"

They took me to school
tied back my hair and washed both my palms
then they closed all of the windows.

Forced me to sit
demonstrate my wit
and if I should quit,
the best I'd become is a failure.

It seems that the grass gets greener,
just before the winter
then all that you have to see,
to think, to hold, to eat to breathe,
is a memory of the warmth before the freeze.

They gave me a book
and forced me to look at the words on the page
they said that's where I'd find the answers.

Then after I'd read
they poked at my head 'til I finally said,
"I'd rather go back to the water."

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from Chestnut Street, released December 18, 2012
Banjo: Jeff Wilson

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Kendra McKinley paints on her clothes and makes music for smoking weed with your bra off.

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