Romulus by Sufjan Stevens

Once when our (1)____________ called
She had a voice of last year's cough
We (2)____________ around the phone
Sharing a word about Oregon
When my turn came, I was ashamed
When my turn came, I was ashamed

Once when we moved away
She (3)________ to Romulus for a day
Her (4)__________________ broke down
We prayed it'd (5)__________ be fixed or found
We touched her hair, we touched her hair
We touched her hair, we touched her hair

When she had her last child
Once when she had some boyfriends, some wild
She moved away quite far
Our grandpa bought us a new VCR
We watched it all night
We grew up in spite of it
We watched it all night
We (6)________ up in spite of it

We saw her once last fall
Our grandpa died in a (7)________________ gown
She didn't (8)________ to care
She smoked in her room and colored her hair
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was (9)______________ of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her

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