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Taking a year off after high school. One-by-one, friends are moving away. Working at Stop & Shop supermarket. Scan, plot my escape, scan...
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Stop and Shop’s got me checkout slaved. Must endure if I want to save. Parents not going to pay whole way. No college yet, for now I’ve stayed. Lots of time to think while I scan. Feel trapped now but I’ve got a plan. State school next year and get good grades. Grants and loans, then move far away.

Who’s next?! They move in waves.
Who’s next?! Must emigrate.
Who’s next?! To break out of this state!
Who’s next?! My friends recede.
Who’s next?! New ones I meet.
Who’s next?! But survivors must leave!

Germ’s back around on winter break. Hanging at Dunkin’ like old days. Nowhere else to go in this sorry town. He’s moved down south, where they've got palms in ground. Says summers now, he’ll stay down there. He’s real moved on, not just college. Don’t say, I’m sad, yet can’t blame him. Who springs from jail, then comes back and visits?

Who’s next?! Some choose Boston.
Who’s next?! Others New York.
Who’s next?! But for me that won’t work!
Who’s next?! My sight’s farther.
Who’s next?! Must get hotter.
Who’s next?! Answer’s getting clearer.

Now have me pushing shopping carts. Sick chilly wind whips across the lot. If stuck doing this where it’s sunnier to pay for school, that’s still better. Each day I see all these sad eyes. No one who stays has a cheerful life. Some day I’ll die, hope it’s in years. One thing’s for sure, I can’t die here.

Who’s next?! They move in waves.
Who’s next?! Must emigrate.
Who’s next?! To break out of this state!
Who’s next?! Won’t be the last.
Who’s next?! I have a plan.
Who’s next?! Answer's getting clearer:
Next one who will leave here, staring from the mirror. 

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from There's No Place Like Know Where?, released June 22, 2017
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Photo: A place to escape on rare days off. Winter at Devil's Den preserve, the largest tract of protected land in densely developed Fairfield County, CT.

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