Standing in Chicago when I got the call
Someone said they saw you smile
Then they saw you fall
Halfway through Ludlow before I felt it well
We were raised with transparent walls
That kept us from the world
Swung the bat to cause a crack
With religion, or with a girl
You were my responsibility
And that's the irony on which I dwell
And so I bummed out the Clientele
Two people headed west
As they are wont to do
With things to find and leave behind
Like me and you
No fear, no clue
Standing in Chicago
The midpoint of east and west
That's as far as either of us got
Maybe that's for the best
You thought you'd found your place
I guess we'll never know
We used to stare through telescopes
When we were kids
Were we the life on other planets?
I hope I get closer than you did:
Standing backward, walking forward
2,000 miles to go
Passing strange and walking slow
Two people headed west
Like siblings often do
With things to find and leave behind
Like me and you
This is their story
This is our story too

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