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A Costly Collection

2023

[Chorus]
I am a simple collector
Here lay the sum of my finds
Parts of me so long forgotten and heavy
Carried through Year 29
[Verse 2]
There are my tender and trepid
Here my condemned and admired
Pieces of silver I say that I’m proud of
Some to explain why I hide
[Verse 3]
I am a simple collector
And the collection at times
Made of old coins and old cards kept in boxes
I am the sum of my finds
[Verse 4]
I’m what remains of the young boy
Riding a trike down the stairs
Split his chin open, when mothеr consoled him
He got up to ride down again
[Verse 5]
I’m in thе break in the summer
Strings tied to kites in the park
The sweat and the sand and our knees with their red marks
Our mission to outrun the dark
[Verse 6]
I’m the remarks of my father
Winter when I crashed the car
The truth suffocated, confession belated
He forgave my ignorant heart
[Verse 7]
I’m in the place you were made queen
Autumn in old Custer park
And fixed in my ring was the message affirming
That you are the one for my heart
[Verse 8]
I’m in the hickory kitchen
Wiping the rain from your eyes
The reckless exchange of my honest mistake
All it took to see part of you die
[Verse 9]
I’m in the ripe heavy closure
Of my grandfather’s goodbye
And all that remains as my memory takes them
Are patterns for how to love kind
[Chorus]
I am a simple collector
And a collection of mine
Made up of coins and old cards kept in boxes
I am the sum of my time here
[Outro]
Oh I think I can bare this
Oh I’m ready to share it
Oh the costly collection
Mhhm my costly collection
Ohhhh Think I’m ready to share it
Credits
Joel Porter

Joel Porter

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"A Costly Collection" appears on "A Costly Collection" in 2023.

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