Keith’s Birthday

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[Intro: Pete Miser & Keith Ho] Take this, brother May it serve you well Pete Miser December 28, 2012 Keith's birthday [Verse] Hey, today's my brother's birthday How the fuck you celebrate it when he's dead? Buried in a dusty little plot in Southeast 65th near Tenino Keith rest in peace And me? I'm on the opposite coast Trying to carve a life out of a slice of burnt toast Google Mapped his grave on his special day Ashes to ashes, dust all blown away Fair to say I'm the only person thinking of him Normally on this day I would call mom But she passed last fall so it's on me No pressure shop as usual remain calm And I don't know light a candle or something I got a couple votives from the grocery store I'd pour out some beer but I don't drink Play his Bob Dylan records but the vinyl stinks Mildew spills through my open nose They said it was an accident case opened closed People clean guns, sometimes they pop But two shots by accident seems like a lot Can't say "suicide" that touches nerves And that stirs up emotions most folks reserve For intimate company and quiet times So is it fucked up I put it in a rhyme? Well who cares? Who dares say what they feel? Anything but the truth for mass appeal Well I don't sell shit for records so there's nothing to lose One of the real ones, son don't get it confused It's true blues stew and invade my moods Could wear 'em on my arm in a few tattoos Might post 'em on Twitter but it just seems weak Internet memorials, name something more cheap I accept I neglect my family's past He dies when I die 'cause I'm the last Not the last who's alive but the last who cares The last one to see his grave or tell you if and where Go there on one of these rainy days 65th twists around into an old driveway There's a shitty little house on a shitty little yard And shitty little dog on guard And it barks and it whines and it bares its teeth That's dog speak telling you to "keep it brief" Don't gotta tell me twice there's nothing nice here Nothing that acknowledges or celebrates life here But I come 'cause one day I'll go too And maybe I deny what I know to be true That a light that shines bright means nothing if you missed it May as well never have existed