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Old St. Paul

from Diving with Zelda by Skiprope Opus

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Hibbing gave us Zimmerman
St. Paul produced Francis
More than just iconic highways
More than silly dances
Dropping Princeton
Minneapolis
Risking other chances
Dinky Towns, Bound for Glory
Contingent on their stances

Daniel Chester's upright statue
Guthrie on a train
Summit Avenue, appliance sales
Mr. Jones, or Amory Blaine
A Coward, an Evil Eye
Desolation Row
Father Darcy's triangle
Yields more than you know

All along the watchtower
Spy Babylon revisited
Conceit is a disease
But it's not so beautiful is it?
To live like this is not to live
My death is not a gain
The things I want to do I don't
With no one else to blame

Oak Park bleeds a rising sun
Asbury holiday weekends
When influenza takes out Faye
And Genevre's chances cheapen
Where's a spoiled priest to find
A reference for it all?
When no one saves a waltz for you
Dance back to Old St. Paul

Every time I slip and fall
I'll return to Old St. Paul

Every time I hit the wall
I'll return to Old St. Paul

Every time I sense the call
I'll go back to Old St. Paul

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from Diving with Zelda, released July 7, 2015
Words by Richard Blaine
Music by Richard Blaine and Skiprope Cello

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