Tahlequah

by A. J. LeGrand

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Jo Love, love, love it.

pippienavyseal2 I love this song dearly. it brings our so many emotions. perhaps the greatest thing about it is the palpable honesty & beauty in which the words are sang.

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We watched the comet fall in Arkansas

Straight from the sky

I thought that it meant something

But it was just the night

The baby slept but the boys woke up

Before the sun

Trying to make some money

Trying to find the fun

Stretch out your hand and measure

What the value means

Put out the fire

But don’t suffocate the dream

When everybody said

That “it couldn’t be done”

When the whole gang ran

But you never did run

And I think about you now

And how it all played out

Like it did...

So why you going to Tahlequah

Are the ghosts still there?

Are you convinced they love you

And that they really care?

You haven’t been that way in years

And I only ask because

I know that I’ve mistaken

So many things for love

Stretch out your hand and measure

What the value means

Put out the fire

But don’t suffocate the dream

When everybody said

That “it couldn’t be done”

When the whole gang ran

But you never did run

And I think about you now

And how it all played out

Like it did...

But when you come back

Can we make a map

Of the stars you chased

And the gods you faced?

And when you looked down

Did it all make sense

The rocket ship

With a fish-eye lens?

Can you tell me what this means?

Can you tell me what you’ve seen?

Or must I wait?

Must I wait

For a Superman to save me?

Save me.

We watched the comet fall in Arkansas

Straight from the sky

I thought that it meant something

But it was just the night.

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released September 8, 2020

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