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Written on learning that an acquaintance from school died by suicide. Don't do it!

Actually completed in the year 2000.

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My friends, please don’t desert us
Though you may recall the many things that hurt us
Though you’ve forgotten what it means to wish for anything at all
And you’ve forgotten what it felt like to be subject to a call
That doesn’t tempt you from this armpit of a world.

My friends, please stay around, please
Please don’t levitate away, stay on the ground, please
Though you’ve forgotten how to care, if you’re young enough for air
There is still use for you
Don’t let us down please

My friends, please hold on tightly
When your life bucks you around it’s so unsightly
But if you’re smarter than a lox, your place is not yet in a box
So please beware your darkest edging
And the darkness that it mocks

My friends, please don’t desert me
Though your presence in this world may well subvert me
And if we try to shake you off, please don’t take personally the scoff
We’re just afraid of your demeanor, but your inside is still soft

Oh, please, my friends, don’t you get off here
There’s so many things to hold you though they’re not clear
Please hold on till you pull through, and I’ll do anything for you
There is still love for you
Somewhere around here

My friends, please don’t desert us
Though you may recall the many things that hurt us
If you could just, please, stick around
And just stay out of that dark ground
That would be nice
I promise
Very nice

credits

from The Sinking and the Aftermath (Songs From the Year 2000), released May 27, 2016
Mark L.: voice, nylon-string acoustic guitar, upright bass
Mark Doroba: electric guitar, steel-string acoustic guitar

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Mark Lint Madison, Wisconsin

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