Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song

8:02 AM April 25th 2016 New York

Everything went fine at Sarah Lawrence College

While I was on stage I asked the kids to educate me on

What exactly it is that they study there

A person shouted

We do whatever the hell we want

I replied well that's what I've been doing all my life

I asked what their parents payed for them to do whatever the hell they want

And a girl in the front row said

$60000 a year

I said well that's what Walmart pays me to use my music in commercials

And that maybe I could go to their school one day too

'Cause they all seem like really nice people

I explained that Kirk Hammett from Metallica went to college

After Metallica made it which was met with a thud

A nice girl named Sophie played piano on a few songs

With us because my mic couldn't reach the piano

She played the four notes on Richard Ramirez

And Carry Me Ohio really really well

That was a lot of fun

We also played When Doves Cry in honor of Prince who died the night before

Steve Shelley played drums with me that night by the way

What a great drummer

Steve's also a really nice guy

Great acoustics in the room and the show went really well

And we got out of there by midnight

What a cool group of kids and a nice promoter named Max

It was the first show he ever promoted

And he gave me a check in an envelope

Which I actually didn't open until

Just now here in my New York hotel three nights after the gig

This is what his note said

Dear Mark

First of all thank you so much for playing Sarah Lawrence College

Even though we have a really small school

And don't get much attention

We have a really lot of passionate kids

I know every single one of them is thrilled to have you come

Your music means so much to so many

I first heard your music

When I was searching songs about Los Angeles

For a project in high school

I was fifteen or sixteen

And I came across Cruiser

And it changed everything for me

It was the music I had been searching for for a long time

Some people say your music makes them sad and that you make sad music

I don't know

I guess I disagree

Your music was and is a comfort to me

I feel a sort of connection to it that is less a melancholic thing

But more a reassuring thing

I was taking a seven-hour train across the state of New York

I listened to the entirety of Benji

And Red House Painters I back to back

I thought of a lot of things

When I listened to those records

And somehow it brought me ease to know someone

That was thinking some of those same things

It was calming

And even though I'm writing this letter before you even take the stage

I know the scene you perform tonight

Will be one of my most enjoyable moments

So thank you again so much for coming

I hope you had a nice time

And I hope this letter finds you well

Looking forward to the next record

The Jesu/Sun Kil Moon LP was great

And hopefully I can see you again on November 10th in Brooklyn

Best wishes and thanks again

Max

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

Sarah Lawrence College song this is my

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