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作曲 : Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) |
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I was ten years old when my grandparents on my father's side |
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celebrated the 50th anniversary of their marriage |
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Our family piled into our tan '85 Aerostar |
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(the same one that famously died on the way to |
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my younger sister's dance recital when the entire drive shaft |
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dropped out from underneath and shot |
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like a torpedo down the open highway) |
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and made the three-hour climb to Cadillac |
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There was a reception held at the local V.F.W. hall |
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where my grandfather was a member |
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I remember meeting a lot of strangers |
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whose names or faces were either immediately lost |
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or never registered at all, |
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and how they would all tell us how excited they were |
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to meet us |
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Do you know how two trees can grow together and become like one? |
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When my grandmother died, my grandfather died too |
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It took two whole years to convince his body to let him go |
