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Track 9 of Patrick Porter's ‘Goodbye Pork Pie Heart’ LP (2008)

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POPI
(Lyrics by Patrick Porter C. 2008)

A guitar with a million strings
It was actually a hammock

Linda Goodman
Called on the phone
I hung it up
The paint had hardly dried on that one
A great many people
Can want the same one
People want you, they want me too
Make me an offer I can't refuse

I went to the park
I sat on a bench
It was dark; a man passed by
He talked to me
I think he wanted sex
I waved him off
I laughed
That's how it is in the city, I guess
Skyscrapers make the loneliest pricks

Mail me a letter like a springtime summer
Mail me a letter like an acorn falling
Mail me a letter dutifully misspelled like you do
Mail me a letter and I'll pretend that it's you
I'll pretend that it's you

A girl died
On 14th Street today
An ambulance came and took her away
It said "DENVER GENERAL" on the doors
In reflective letters, backwards

I named her 'Popi'
I'm sorry she's gone

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from Goodbye Pork Pie Heart, released April 1, 2008
All instruments and vocals by Patrick Porter

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Patrick Porter Austin, Texas

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