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The cabbages that I will grow
One by one and row by row
Will fatten in the spring sun
And breathe in the evening air
And you will hear them breathing
If you walk by at night
And you may not hear them after all,
But that's all right
I've set the table for two
I've cleaned the windows for you
I've got cinnamon from Jakarta
For making French toast
The doctor says that I've got
Thirty days left at most
The cabbages that I will grow
The love songs on the radio
Will deepen in the springtime
They'll be brighter than the stars

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from New Asian Cinema, released January 1, 1998

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the Mountain Goats Durham, North Carolina

John Darnielle has written almost 600 songs now, and some of them are very sad, dealing with hard drugs and tragic ends, hurting yourself and others, sicknesses of both body and brain, off-brand alcohols. They are told in beautiful, unnerving, specific detail because he is a very good writer, and also some of them are just true stories about his own life.
—John Hodgman, 2012
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