The mute

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Well, as a child I mostly spoke 
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inside my head
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I had conversations with the 
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clouds, the dogs, the dead
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And they thought my broken, that 
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my tongue was coated lead
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But I just couldn't make my words 
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make sense to them
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If you only listen with your 
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ears... I can't get in

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And I spent my evenings pullin' 
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stars out of the sky
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And I'd arrange them on the lawn 
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where I would lie
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And in the wind I'd taste the 
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dreams of distant lives
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And I would dress myself up in 
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them through the night
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While my folks would sleep in 
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separate beds... and wonder why

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And through them days I was a 
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ghost atop my chair
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My dad considered me a cross he 
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had to bear
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And in my head I'd sing apologies
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 and stare
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As my mom would hang the clothes 
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across the line
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And she would try to keep the 
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empty... from her eyes

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So, then one afternoon I dressed 
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myself alone
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I packed my pillowcase with 
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everything I owned
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And in my head I said "goodbye," 
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then I was gone
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And I set out on the heels of the 
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unknown
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So my folks could have a new life 
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of their own
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So that maybe I could find someone
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Who could hear the only words that
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 I'd known

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