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She'd a bruise so black they watched it fade
Through the full spectrum of colors
They kept it like a pet
A private joke they told no others

And, oh, woah, how the tissue repaired
And how it turned to yellow and she found it disgusting
'Cause it didn't match her clothing
He said that, "It's not yellow, it's golden"

Walk out onto your front lawn and face into the rain
Shout into the wind, "This'll never be the same"

They promised they'd be best of friends
From now until forever
But both were far too needy
Not to fall for the other

And how the frequent
Public displays of sisterly affection
They left her feeling safe
Left him with an erection

Walk out onto your front lawn and face into the rain
Shout into the wind, "This'll never be the same"

Her body barely visible
As bleach white as the bedsheets
As stiff as starch and as imperceptible
As the middle was still branded

With a heat rash
In the perfect shape of the show me state
Your come on lines sent disastrous noise
More foreboding than volcano or earthquake

Walk out onto your front lawn and face into the rain
Shout into the wind, "This'll never be the same"
Walk out onto your front lawn and face into the rain
Shout into the wind, "This'll never be the same"

Letter from me to Charlotte
They appropriated everything we ever loved
And dressed it up in quotations, we fluffered
I had a dream that said with hand in pockets

I mean it hand on heart
You held a gun to his head
Pressed your thumbs to her throat in these letters
Letters from me to Charlotte

Walk out onto your front lawn and face into the rain
Shout into the wind, "This'll never be the same"
Walk out onto your front lawn and face into the rain
Shout into the wind, "This'll never be the same"

This will never be the same
This will never be the same, oh yeah

She'd a bruise so black they watched it fade
Through the full spectrum of colors
They kept it like a pet