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Maggie

from Mystery Block by Roe Knows Best

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I think Maggie would be proud of the girl you've become thus far.
Next time you have doubts just look up and count the stars
and let your mind wander because this journey has been so hard.

Every year forms a callous and I try to lend a hand.
You're skin's getting thicker and you're doing the best that you can.
You live on your own but you're never alone.
You've got me to talk to and I always pick up my phone.

I have this poster in my room. It says 'Obama 08'.
Maggie gave that to me 'round the time of the campaign
A bleedin' liberal we loved and we'll never forget.
Imprinted on your mind like a handprint on cement.

How about the time we knocked your bookshelf down? The clamor it made.
I shook at the sound, thought the laugher would ring for days.
Maggie, she cursed and she screamed and she yelled.
But we closed our cryin' eyes and continued our hysterical spell.

We would play softball when we were just kids.
You always played shortstop and I played right field, I did.
Maggie made every game as she sat in the stands.
And with every homerun you made she stood up, clapping her hands.

We'd talk about the Beatles and we'd talk about the President.
I know she'd be so proud of your transformed independence.
Because a year go today the tables turned.
But you're alive and you're well. Life can only get better as far as I can tell.
You still laugh, you're makin' money, you pay your bills, and you're still funny.
And we'll drive around Jersey like nothing's changed
and we'll see Motion City every year if that's okay.
We'll drink whiskey on the PATH and sing so loud, people'll think we're strange.

Maggie's memories in your heart, her words in your brain.
You did the best you could. It was supposed to be this way.
Carry your sorrow like a stereo and let the pain wash away.
It'll all get better in time, the stain'll still remain.
Just remember, just remember - It'll all be okay.
Just remember September, it'll all be okay.

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from Mystery Block, released February 16, 2013

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