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HELLO IT'S ME I KNOW YOU WON'T PICK UP THE PHONE BUT IT'S
OKAY I UNDERSTAND
BUT I'VE BEEN STUDYING THE HISTORY OF MARRIAGE EVER SINCE YOU
LEFT ME AND
YEAH PEOPLE MARRIED MOST FOR POLITICS OR ECONOMICS
YEAH IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THE STORIES IN THE ROMANCE COMICS
A GUY WOULD SEE A GIRL HE LIKED IN SOME ADJACENT VILLAGE
AND WITH HIS BUDDIES HE WOULD RUN AMOK AND RAPE AND PILLAGE
OR PEOPLE MERELY MARRIED FOR A DOWRY OF SOME OXEN OR A PIECE
OF LAND
SOMETIMES FOR CONVENIENCE
OFTEN FOR THE MONEY
POLITICAL GAIN OR
FOR SOMETHING ARCANE FOR
A NAME FOR A SURE SHOT
AT BEING SECURE NOT
FOR SOMETHING AS FRAGILE AS LOVE

HEY THERE IT'S ME AGAIN I LIKE YOUR NEW RECORDING THAT WAS
FUNNY YES IT WAS
AND DON'T GET MAD I GOT YOUR NEW UNLISTED NUMBER FROM DEANNE
OKAY BECAUSE
SO SPOUSES DIDN'T USE TO HAVE TO HAVE A THING IN COMMON
THEY TIED THE KNOT WHEN THEY WERE TOLD TO BY THEIR LOCAL
SHAMAN
IT’S ONLY NOW THAT LOVE AND MARRIAGE ARE AT ALL CONNECTED
SO I HAVE NO IDEA WHY WE FIND IT UNEXPECTED
WHEN PEOPLE GET DIVORCED ‘CAUSE NOWADAYS IT’S SOMETHING
NEARLY EVERYBODY DOES
SOMETIMES FOR CONVENIENCE
OFTEN FOR THE MONEY
AND RARELY IF EVER
TILL RECENTLY NEVER
WOULD TWO PEOPLE TETHER
THEIR FUTURES TOGETHER
FOR SOMETHING AS FRAGILE AS LOVE

Edit: Okay it’s been so long, I’m calling to hear your voice on the machine

WHAT ABOUT MARRYING SOMEBODY ELSE JUST TO FIGURE IT OUT JUST
TO GET INTO PRACTICE
MAKE MY MISTAKES, AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH MY DUCKS IN
A ROW I'D BE MUCH BETTER AT THIS
GET THE DIVORCE GET IT OUT OF THE WAY MAKE A MESS BREAK IT
OFF MAKE IT BITTER AND SPITEFUL
THEN CLEAN THE SLATE TRY AGAIN YOU AND ME MAKE IT GOOD MAKE A
LIFE GET IT DOWN GET IT RIGHT
WHO THE HELL KNOWS WHAT LOVE ACTUALLY IS OKAY I ONLY KNOW
WHAT I SEE IN THE MOVIES
SEXY AND QUIRKY AND DANCING ALL DIRTY I KNOW THAT BEHAVIOR
WOULD NEVER BEHOOVE ME
MONTAGES OF PICNICS IN PARKS IN THE RAIN AND YOU CAN'T HEAR A
WORD THEY SAY OVER THE MUSIC
AND WE HAVE TO BUMBLE ALONG IN REAL TIME NO MONTAGES NO MUSIC
JUST PLAIN ME AND YOU
I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE PROMISE FOREVER TILL DEATH DO US
PART, YES I DO, DO OR DIE
'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING IN LIFE THAT IS EVER FOR CERTAIN SO
ALL I CAN SAY IS I PROMISE TO TRY
BUT RIGHT NOW IN THIS MOMENT
THIS WHITE HOT SHINING MOMENT
I FEEL IT SO DEEPLY
THAT NOTHING COULD KEEP ME
FROM PICNICS AND DANCES AND
TAKING MY CHANCES
ON SOMETHING AS FRAGILE AS LOVE
IT MIGHT NOT BE CONVENIENT
AND I MIGHT NOT HAVE MUCH MONEY
BUT WILL YOU?
WILL YOU?
WILL YOU?

AT LEAST LET ME SHOW YOU THE RING.

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from Long Story Short home demo recordings from 2006​-​9, released October 26, 2018

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