Tegan - Sing-Sing

The magic years of sun and cheer

Are in this box under key and lock

These messages on Hallmark cards

Are shards of glass on discovery

Airplane tickets and long lost letters

A legacy of love and petty vendettas

Broken glasses see through the years

My history in my souvenirs

And trinkets read like Braille

Say God is in the detail

When ornaments are monuments to me

I still remember the smell of grass

Before last classes in July

The heat was on, the days were long

And I knew I was satisfied

Only I will understand

The legacy of a man

From worlds away, his love is sent

I keep it here in my ornaments

And trinkets read like Braille

Say God is in the detail

When ornaments are monuments to me

The walls are full of sound

When memories abound

When ornaments are monuments to me

And no one warned me, it wouldn’t last

Why didn’t anybody tell me, it all moves so fast?

The guns are drawn inside their heads

Ten paces back already dead

The home is torn, my mother warns

And I feel a war coming on

Crossed continents, we crossed the sea

Crossed some roads, only to be

Right back where we started

Dislocated but no smarter

And trinkets read like Braille

Say God is in the detail

When ornaments are monuments to me

The walls are full of sound

When memories abound

When ornaments are monuments to me

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