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Growing up in Richmond
you were anarchic & shy
Tried to steal some tampons
that you were too scared to buy
"Say cheese" the Kroger manager said
in his fateful drawl
That was how you got your picture on the wall
You told me the story
the first night that we hung out
A thousand miles west
in your new room in your new house
You laughed when I said
"I'd like to see that photo now"
& we kissed beneath the pictures on your wall
A couple Julys later
& we live together now
I drove your van to Richmond
to move your kid brother out
& cruising by the Kroger
I remembered all about
Laney, how you got your picture on the wall
I snuck around the back
to where deliveries arrive
I saw a door said MANAGER
& so I went inside
A grid of Polaroids stared
Yours stared hardest of them all
That was how I got your picture off the wall
That was how I got your picture off the wall
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Rene Goodnight
03:06
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When I meet you at Juan's party you'd just moved here
You knew some of my friends from Tulsa
I liked your accent & we talked til Juan kicked us out
You walked me back to my apartment
But you didn't come inside
You just smiled at me so wide
You said "I'm so glad I met you
Rene Goodnight"
I thought about you the next morning & called up Fran
to see how well she knew you in Tulsa
She said "Uh oh he's got a reputation here
I heard that he hurt some old partners"
Is that why you had to move
Are the Tulsa rumors true
When you called that night I sent it to voicemail
When I saw you at the diner the next weekend
I got scared & ducked into a booth
& hid behind a menu til you got up to go
I watched you pay your check & leave alone
Now I see you in my dreams
Sometimes sinister & mean
Sometimes sweet as hell
I don't know what to believe
When you walked me home that night
I had felt safe by your side
You said "I'm so glad I met you
Rene Goodnight"
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Advance Base
Melancholic electronic story songs made by Owen Ashworth in his basement
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