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    1. Guanyin

    From the recording Long Way to Wander (2007)

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    Inspired by a white statue of Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy, on the hillside by my home in Longtan, Taoyuan, Taiwan that I could see from a distance but never managed to find.

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    when I get down off of this mountain
    I don’t wanna lash out anymore from the anger in me
    and though it’s a hard road, harder than either of us know
    I won’t let myself be paralyzed by all of the paralysis I see

    pretty white Guanyin on a thick green mountain
    looking down at the world with the eyes of mercy
    and when I get down off of this mountain,
    I won’t let myself be stupefied by all of the stupidity I see

    when I get back home to see you
    I hope you’ll recognize a different man than before
    cause I’ve made choices, listened to quiet voices,
    and I know I can’t run all the same games anymore
    livin hard and loud, sometimes too proud
    trying to write our names across the sky
    seeing losers, and sickening people
    trying to remind myself, there but for the grace of God go I

    if I make it for September
    maybe I can get my shit together and go back to school
    but if I don’t, I’ll see you in Argentina
    we can head to the beaches when the summer dies down,
    leave the misty mountains when the weather gets cool

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