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The Night The Lineman Died (Norman's Gone)

from Dollar Movie by Goner

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I was watching TV in the basement when the red of his brake lights hit the shades. He screamed at the top of the stairs words I’d never heard that made me sore afraid. Shaking in his navy coat, his beard trapped the tears as they came. Her arms were trying to soothe his head. Her arms were trying to wave me away. The son of the lineman was roaring out. So this is how it all crumbles down? She served him up some sober food and coffee and lit a cigarette. So black beyond the kitchen window. She stared through it, eyes wet. He couldn’t look up at me, so he looked down at his toast and whispered, “Come here.” A wet sandpaper kiss goodnight, the smell of Old Spice and sour beer. Tired as a beaten horse, so beat down tired, losing his roar. So this is how it all ends now. The son of the lineman crumbles down, down to me.

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from Dollar Movie, released June 1, 2002

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Goner crafts great songs, combining a poetic eye for detail, a cinematic sense of place and character, and an encyclopedic love of rocks both classic and indie.

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