Pittsfield Lyrics - The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras From Illinois Album - Sufjan Stevens

I'm not afraid of you now, I know 

So I climbed down from the bunk beds this low 

I can talk back to you now, I know 

From a few things I learned from this TV show 

You can work late till midnight, we don't care 

We can fix our own meals, we can wash our own hair 

I go to school before sunrise, in the cold 

And I pulled the alarm, and I kicked up the salad bowls 

Since the time we meant to say much 

Unsaid things begin to take their toll 

After school we shoveled through the snow 

Drive upstate in silence in the cold 

You can remind me of it 

That I was lazy and tired 

You can work all your life as 

I'm not afraid of you anymore 

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If I loved you a long time, I don't know 

If I can't recall the last time you told me so 

Here in this house in Pittsfield 

The ghost of our grandmother works at the sewing machine post 

Hiding the bills in the kitchen on the floor 

And my sister lost her best friend in the Persian Gulf War 

There was a flood in the bathroom last May 

And you kicked at the pipes when it rattled oh the river it made 

Stand there, tell me that I'm of no use 

Things unspoken break us if we share 

There's still time to wash the kitchen floor 

On your knees, at the sink once more 

You can remind me that I was tired 

You can work late and give yourself up 

Now that I'm older, wiser, and working less 

I don't regret having left the place a mess 

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You can remind me that I was lazy and tired 

You can recall your life as 

I'm not afraid of you, anymore 

Anymore