Romulus by Sufjan Stevens

Once when our mother called
She had a voice of last year's cough
We (1)____________ 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 came to Romulus for a day
Her (2)__________________ broke down
We prayed it'd never be fixed or found
We (3)______________ her hair, we touched her hair
We touched her hair, we touched her hair

When she had her (4)________ 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 (5)______________ it all night
We grew up in spite of it

We saw her once last fall
Our grandpa died in a (6)________________ gown
She didn't (7)________ to care
She smoked in her room and (8)______________ her hair
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her
I was ashamed, I was ashamed of her

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