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Romulus by Sufjan Stevens

Once when our mother called
She had a voice of (1)________ year's cough
We (2)____________ (3)____________ the phone
Sharing a (4)________ (5)__________ Oregon
When my (6)________ came, I was ashamed
When my turn came, I was ashamed

Once when we moved away
She came to Romulus for a day
Her Chevrolet (7)__________ down
We prayed it'd (8)__________ be fixed or found
We touched her hair, we (9)______________ her hair
We (10)______________ her hair, we (11)______________ her hair

When she had her last child
Once (12)________ she had some boyfriends, some wild
She (13)__________ (14)________ quite far
Our grandpa (15)____________ us a new VCR
We watched it all night
We (16)________ up in (17)__________ of it
We watched it all night
We (18)________ up in spite of it

We saw her (19)________ last fall
Our grandpa died in a hospital gown
She didn't seem to care
She (20)____________ in her (21)________ and colored her hair
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was (22)______________ of her
I was ashamed, I was (23)______________ of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her

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