The Hold Steady - Grand Junction

                [Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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That punk with a mustache who brought us our breakfast
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Never came back with the check
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On our third day of driving with no expectations
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Except some vague sense of The West


[Chorus]
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Our silence was stretched between nerves and the knowledge
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The ring that she wore wasn't mine
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Because people get tired and they turn on each other
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And the rivers run from the divides
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That night we drove into Grand Junction
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The lights were weeping and deep and divine
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She said I trust that we'll get somewhere safe by the storm
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But I'm scared of the size of this sky


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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Janie, I fear that our love from last year
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Was a tenor that's hard to maintain
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Lost half what we had through a hole in the bag
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And the cellophane won't take the blame


[Chorus]
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If we stretch out our funds we can get through the month
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But at some point there must come a time
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That we sell something shipped from the wishes you list
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For the guys that you talk with online
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She said mister if you're thinking that far ahead
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Can you see where we live when we get to the end of this?
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Besides you don't like when I lean on those kinds of friends


[Bridge]
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It hurts being human
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But our instincts will keep us alive
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We Do what we Do to survive


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[Chorus]
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On the next day of driving with no real direction
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Except for the sunset out west
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She said I like having friends who check out and check in
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So what if they send me some gifts?
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In Grand Junction it seemed all the mountains were mocking
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Our own little pitiful lives
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On the side of the road with her arms in the air
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Amazed by the size of the sky