The Last Benedict

[00:03.00] By the time this cigarette is finished
[00:11.27] A rusted elegance will emerge
[00:19.63] Like a habit, you still come around
[00:26.56] This I know, you told me so
[00:36.36] And like a habit, you come around
[00:42.91] This I know, I've paid attention
[00:50.99] Nothing but the courage of a fool
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[01:17.63] And I pretend I hear an ocean
[01:24.52] And I can almost smell the sea
[01:31.27] Let's say that writer was an asshole
[01:37.62] Let's just say that asshole wasn't me
[01:44.83] And in my mind, I'm in a house along the beach
[01:51.74] The interstate and trees sound just like waves
[01:58.43] A voice beyond the leaves sings in a lazy kind of yodel
[02:06.69] Softly spraying airy thoughts
[02:13.79] This is all I know, you just told me so
[02:21.29] It was nothing but the courage of a fool
[02:34.47] Back in the spring, the view was better
[02:42.26] There were birds there to be named
[02:48.93] Things got southern in the autumn
[02:55.34] The light was golden in the morning sun
[03:05.44] Dog looks at bird, bird watches dog
[03:12.52] We are transfixed here and breezy
[03:20.77] Together in the twilight, just to watch it die
[03:29.78] It was nothing but the courage of a fool
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