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Downer Alert -
Neil Young - Southern Man
In September 1988, my best friend and I took our girlfriends to a cabin his folks owned in upstate New York. The girls were taking a nap, and he and I were on the porch, watching the sunset, smoking a joint, and having a beer.
During this song, he turned to me and stated that he had leukemia.
I was dumbstruck.
He told me that he wouldn't make it to graduation.
We sat in silence for about an hour, just staring out over the lake.
Two months later, I was one of his pall-bearers.
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We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark.
I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them,
I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period.
 
Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years
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