(overlap)
2(ff): why here?
1:
why does god kill so many children
2:
(overlap)in Idaho
1(f dim.):
here
there was a spirit that was here and isn't anymore.
why can't god leave these poor souls alone?
in Idaho, in Arkansas, in Iowa, in Louisiana, in West Virginia, in Ohio,
(^ overlap w ^)
2(ff): O! America! How can I write a requiem for your young bones
when we’re all just secrets and moods at their funerals?
1(f cresc.): and here we have Idaho!
where we don’t speak of the young bones
2: (overlap)shhhhhhhwhispersshhhhh
1:
howling through windy canyons
2(pp dim): (overlap)whispersshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
1:
don’t speak of the young bones
2(pp dim): (overlap)shwhisperwhisper)
1(cresc.):
all their honest sandstorm secrets
2(pp dim): (overlap)shhhh
1(cresc.):
don’t speak of the young bones
1&2: don’t speak of the young bones
2(dim.):
O god don't speak of the young bones
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