Casimir Pulaski Day Lyrics - Sufjan Stevens

2, 3, 4 

Goldenrod and the 4H stone 

The things I brought you 

When I found out you had cancer of the bone 

Your father cried on the telephone 

And he drove his car into the Navy yard 

Just to prove that he was sorry 

In the morning, through the window shade 

When the light pressed up against your shoulder blade 

I could see what you were reading 

All the glory that the Lord has made 

And the complications you could do without 

When I kissed you on the mouth 

Tuesday night at the Bible study 

We lift our hands and pray over your body 

But nothing ever happens 

I remember at Michael's house 

In the living room when you kissed my neck 

And I almost touched your blouse 

In the morning, at the top of the stairs 

When your father found out what we did that night 

And you told me you were scared 

All the glory when you ran outside 

With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied 

And you told me not to follow you 

Sunday night when I cleaned the house 

I found the card where you wrote it out 

With the pictures of your mother 

On the floor at the great divide 

With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied 

I am crying in the bathroom 

In the morning when you finally go 

And the nurse runs in with her head hung low 

And the cardinal hits the window 

In the morning in the winter shade 

On the first of March, on the holiday 

I thought I saw you breathing 

All the glory that the Lord has made 

And the complications when I see his face 

In the morning in the window 

All the glory when he took our place 

But he took my shoulders and he shook my face 

And he takes and he takes and he takes 

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