I believe these are the correct lyrics: Goldenrod and the 4H stone The things I brought you When I found out you had cancer of the bone Your father cried on the telephone And he drove his car into the navy yard Just to prove that he was sorry In the morning, through the window shade When the light pressed up against your shoulder blade I could see what you were reading All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications you could do without When I kissed you on the mouth Tuesday night at the Bible study We lift our hands and pray over your body But nothing ever happens I remember at Michael's house In the living room when you kissed my neck And I almost touched your blouse In the morning at the top of the stairs When your father found out what we did that night And you told me you were scared All the glory when you ran outside With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied And you told me not to follow you Sunday night when I cleaned the house I find the card where you wrote it out With the pictures of you mother On the floor at the great divide With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied I am crying in the bathroom In the morning when you finally go And the nurse runs in with her head hung low And the cardinal hits the window In the morning in the winter shade On the 1st of March on the holiday I thought I saw you breathing All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications when I see His face In the morning in the window All the glory when he took our place But he took my shoulders and he shook my face And he takes and he takes and he takes
lol I've spent years now trying to listen to it without crying. But it's gotten even worse over the years as I've watched friends succumb to cancer. Good people. Now i break down as soon as i hear the first note. In the morning in the window.
for those who don't know, this is a story about a man whos old friend is on her death bed of cancer. Her dad (who was unsupportive of the relationship they once had) and apologizes for everything to the man while his daughter dies. The man recalls when the father caught them sleeping together as kids while he sits beside her as she dies. The title comes from a holiday in Illinois about a solider named Casimir Pulaski. But the song isn't about him rather, Sufjan's friend i talked about who died on the same day.
