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in the jukebox of her memory
the list of names flips by and stops
and she closes her eyes
and smiles as the record drops
then she drinks herself up and out of her kitchen chair
and she dances out of time
as slow as she can sway
as long as she can say
this dance is mine
this dance is mine

her hair bears silent witness
to the passing of time
tattoos like mile markers
map the distance she has gone
winning some, losing some
but she says my sister still calls every sunday night
after the rates go down
and i still can never manage to say anything right
and my whole life blew up
and now its all coming down

she says, leave me alone
tonight i just wanna stay home
she fills the pot with water
and she drops in the bone
she says, i've got a darkness that i have to feed
i got a sadness that grows up around me like a weed
and i'm not hurting anyone
i'm just spiraling in
and then she closes her eyes
and hears the song begin again

she appreciates the phone calls
the consoling cards and such
she appreciates all the people
who come by and try to pull her back in touch
they try to hold the lid down tightly
and they try to shake well
but the oil and water
they just wanna separate themselves

she drinks herself up and out of her kitchen chair
and she dances out of time
as slow as she can sway
as long as she can say
this dance is mine
this dance is mine
this dance is mine
in the jukebox of her memory   the list of names flips by and stops   and she closes her eyes   and smiles as the record drops   then she drinks herself up and out of her kitchen chair   and she dances out of time   as slow as she can sway   as long as she can say   this dance is mine   this dance is mine      her hair bears silent witness   to the passing of time   tattoos like mile markers   map the distance she has gone   winning some, losing some   but she says my sister still calls every sunday night   after the rates go down   and i still can never manage to say anything right   and my whole life blew up   and now its all coming down      she says, leave me alone   tonight i just wanna stay home   she fills the pot with water   and she drops in the bone   she says, i've got a darkness that i have to feed   i got a sadness that grows up around me like a weed   and i'm not hurting anyone   i'm just spiraling in   and then she closes her eyes   and hears the song begin again      she appreciates the phone calls   the consoling cards and such   she appreciates all the people   who come by and try to pull her back in touch   they try to hold the lid down tightly   and they try to shake well   but the oil and water   they just wanna separate themselves      she drinks herself up and out of her kitchen chair   and she dances out of time   as slow as she can sway   as long as she can say   this dance is mine   this dance is mine   this dance is mine