Winding cords
That’s how I live now
My sister mirrors me
For when I’m on the road
She’s there at home
Tending to our dreams
Tending to our dreams
Attendance lists,
Adjacent desks
Even dates to the high school dance-
So when Robert sang
“Why Can’t I Be You?”
We laughed and laughed and laughed
Well, we laughed and laughed and laughed
Winding, winding cords
That’s how she lives now
My sister mirrors me
For when she’s on the road
I’m here at home
Tending to our dreams
Tending to our dreams
A lifetime
in eleven minutes
and a delicate
mantle of cells
Two names the same
Traced on our faces, our hands,
and Providence
Our hands and Providence
Winding chords
That’s how we live now
My sister mirrors me
For when we’re on the road
We’re headed home
Tending to our dreams
Winding, Winding, Winding cords
-since before we were born-
Tending to our dreams.
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