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This is one of three "special edition," bandcamp-only songs added 17 months after I released the rest of the album. You can listen without these songs if you'd like to hear the rock opera as originally released.

I think this song helps show how hard it was to leave Tucson the first time, though it also slows the narrative.
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Back from another day’s memory making.
Pic snap’s a trick to lock them in tight.
Presidio’s sparkling brighter than ever.
June noon’s the ticket, viewing private.

Up cactus path in cloudless twilight.
Key turn, switch flick, emptiness sight.

How the light looks different
when it shines on nothing.

Records and comics, back in storage.
Amélie no more changing the white.
All’s now reverb and a swamp cooled breeze.
Yard where a black cat twice purred so sweet.

Time was I’d be in a rush to Congress.
Past year’s trendline: keep nights silent.

But there’s one last outpost.
West down Ventura.

Downtowners not stray far from their range.
Circle distilled to best, most caring.
At least had one last meow by the tracks.
Can’t overstate, it was my life’s best night.

Week from today we’ll gather right here.
Nothing but hardwood and closest friends.

Will the tears flow, I know.
And will not hide this time.

Let us all share and reflect, prepare.
Two hours from here but what’s more crucial:
Promise followed by pulling trigger.
Life’s bravest resolve and/or biggest mistake.

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from There's No Place Like Know Where?, released June 22, 2017
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Photo: View out my window on North Hoff Avenue, Tucson. AZ, circa 2009 – 2013.

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