“Then you hang up the phone and feel badly for upsetting things
And crawl back into bed to dream of a time
When your heart was open wide and you love things just because
Like the sick and dying”

— Jenny Lewis

A Better Son/Daughter
Song lyrics, The Execution of All Things (2003)

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American actor, singer-songwriter 1976

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