Sunblind

For Richard Swift
For John and Bill
For every gift lifted far before its will
Judy and Smith
For Berman too
I've met the myth hanging heavy over you
I loved you long
You rose to go
Beneath you, songs, perfect angels in the snow
The time has stayed
Forget reserve
The type of great coronation you deserve
I' m going out for a weekend
I'm gonna borrow a Martin or Gibson
With either or and The Hex for my bookends
Carrying every text that you've given
I'm gonna swim for a weekend
Warm American water with dear friends
Swimming high on a lea in an Eden
Running all of the leads you've been leaving
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I'm over matched (for Arthur Russell)
I'm half as wise (Duncan and Curtis)
If this is flat, brother, I apologize (Jimi and David, for Nick and Otis)
No one alone (for Bell and Buckley)
Can leave the cave (Marvin and Adam)
And all you've loaned won't be kept inside a grave (for Arthur Russell, for Arthur Russell)
I'm gonna swim for a weekend
Warm American water with dear friends
Just intending that I would delight them
Swimming high on a lea in an Eden
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So I dream, dream
So I dream, dream
I'm gonna swim for a weekend
Warm American water with dear friends
Swimming high on a lea in an Eden
Running all of the leads you've been leaving
And in your rarefied air I feel sun blind
I'm looking up at you there high in my mind
Only way that I made it for a long time
But I'm loud and alive, singing you all night, night