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Claim to Fame​(​James Garfield)

from Lesser Known Presidents by Adam Tressler

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I grew up near a sign that read
“This marks the spot where a President was born and raised”
My only claim to fame
A landscape James would not recognize
The dirt paths are covered in painted lines
There’s a parking lot by a cabin in the woods

As for me, I must have walked past the same oak trees
Back then they had fewer rings
So much else has changed
Some things are the same

Legend has it they were so poor
He did not own shoes until he turned four
In the past this was a different place
A man of science, an optimist,
In a time when this was the wilderness
Now the rolling hills hide mansions behind gates

As for me, I must have skipped rocks on the same creek
Back then the water was safe to drink
So much else has changed
Some things are the same

He left town at twenty eight
It’s a big world out there and it’s getting late
He had dreamt of this in the quiet of the night
Like it was written in the stars

As for me, I found myself under that same sky
Back then ohio had darker nights
The stars are out of reach
But it doesn’t hurt to dream

But be careful what you don’t wish for
You just might get it

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from Lesser Known Presidents, released February 20, 2017
drums/percussion by Kiel Feher
mixed by John Spiker

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