Louisville

from Ismene by Cincinnati Time Store

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i never knew the town where i was born
nor the 2.5 years i was there for
all my memories begin further up north

you went off for school. brad went to war.
i stayed in the city. we were so poor,
that night i got sick the ER doctor swore i would die
i showed "all the signs"

how could you live somewhere so flat?
and how could you marry someone like that?
and why did i stay in the city of seven hills of my own free will?

and how do you know if you have what it takes?
i've seen so many better ones break,
how do you know if you have what it takes?

that night i got sick i had the strangest dream,
and i wanted to call you, but i knew how that would seem
so i wrote you this letter
but i might as well be talking to the drawer

i was up at the north pole, hit by a sled
coughing up blood - effectively dead
an angel spirited me back to a familiar hospital in louisville

"Chorus"

trudging through slush on the way to the bus stop
you've got a crush that no brush can dust off
better scrape the rust out of your heart and learn to trust love

too broke to pay for rent and food
sleet soaks your face and your winter shoes
just hope you don't croak on the way to the interview

and how do you know that you have what it takes?
when the ice breaks open and skyscrapers shake
how do you know if you have what it takes?
how will you know if you have what it takes?
how do you know if you have what it takes?
i'm just up in deer heaven with the dear saints now.

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from Ismene, released December 29, 2015

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