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Ryan Adams - Houses On the Hill |
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well i found a bunch of letters |
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that were written for the fella who broke your momma's heart |
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and the envelope folds, smelled of her ancient perfume |
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i'll bet she didn't know |
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how to respond before the blankets of snow |
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caught him out wandering alone |
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with no place to go |
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there were stars in the sky |
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there were houses on the hill |
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and there bottles of pills that were easy to buy |
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to keep her warm from the oncoming storm |
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well i found them in the northwest corner of the attic in a box |
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labeled "tinsel and lights" |
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didn't know what i was i looking for |
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maybe just a blanket or artifacts |
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eisenhower sent him to war |
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he kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart |
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and when he hit shore |
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must have been a target for the gunman |
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there were stars in the sky |
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there were bunkers on the hill and there were caskets to fill |
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where he will lie |
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shrouded in the red white and blue with the stripes |
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there were stars in the sky |
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there were houses on the hill |
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and there were bottles of pills that were easy to buy |
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to keep her warm from the oncoming storm |