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oh the best times we shared were shared under the
faded awning of a bodega somewhere downtown
and sippin’ on a couple of sodas
and wondering about the lives we had ahead
and it’s alright

you and i would talk about our big big plans
when we grow up to be big strong men
and neither one of us lived up to our own expectations

and the best times we had were sittin’ outside
under that faded awning
sippin’ sodas under that hot september sun
we almost believed out own lies
they weren’t lies they were ambitions

it’s become a recurring fear
i’ll never be able to recover the things we lost last year
dreaming about it
thinking about our time
oh and you’re not here like you were all the time
believin’ when we grew up we’d be better
and we never got much better
than we did that night
we talked for hours
underneath the stars watching planes land at dtc
on the hood of the car like in that one movie
you know the one we used to watch and quote all the time
that was the life we’d lead
and summer came and ended
and took you away on that big propeller plane
somewhere across the sea

you never made it back
your mother wasn’t quite the same
when she got that folded flag
and they said i’m sorry
there was nothing we could do
he was gone before we found him
and you’d think i’d be able
to cope with the loss of someone that i
haven’t seen in seven years
and every night it tears me up
just knowing you’ll never come back here
not again

those best times of our lives
were standing outside
under faded awnings
of the bodega downtown
well we didn’t call it a bodega
because god help us we’re in michigan
here it’s a corner store
but that didn’t matter to us

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from Swear I'm Gonna Change, released March 22, 2014

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Lindera Detroit, Michigan

Lo-fi indie folk acoustic bullshit about life, loss, and being a loser.

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