The City that Hugs You Back with Rebar Arms

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she's just a bratty little rich kid
she went to Richmond
see her talking to that dick well that's her boyfriend
and I can't stand this any longer I am going out of my mind
everyone wants to be your best friend
when they find out that you're running out of time

everyone you know is leaving you behind to wallow in
the dust storms and the snow
the meteor show glow of the sunrise on the desert

see the hole in the fence where the cat slips through
see the empty beer cars that my neighbors threw into my yard
before they moved back to Santa Fe
I'll move up to the mountains make less than minimum wage
working six days a week for eight hours a day

everyone you know is leaving you behind to try and make new friends
but they won't be like your old friends
no, they'll probably be much cooler than us

you won't find us around here anymore
cuz everyone moved three hours away
maybe when you graduate you'll move up to Denver
then everything will be the same

everyone you know is leaving you behind to wallow in
the dust storms and the snow
the meteor show glow of the sunrise on the desert

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from Portales, released May 15, 2017

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