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APPEARS ON:
- Works In Progress 2, released 2000-2001
- Sunny Border Blue, 2001
 
WORDS FROM KRISTIN:
- (Re: Works In Progress version) "Billy recorded me playing this in our office last week. I had never heard it before, I just knew the guitar part and the words, so I didn't really know what to expect. It turned out to be kind of a tearjerker."

- "Well, this is about my son Dylan, who's 14 now. I lost custody of him when he was three. I think it's pretty self-explanatory. We moved back to Rhode Island from Joshua Tree to be closer to him." 

"Candyland"
(written by Kristin Hersh)

Works In Progress Version:
I lost a boy
And now I look for him
Through every window and behind every door
My son went down
This isn't trauma
It's not even drama anymore
I was born with a sad song in my mouth
He gave me a reason to sing it
It's like this boy
Took all my clear cold nights
Left me hot and dry
And when he falls I can't hear it
This isn't vodka
It's not even chocolate
I don't know
How long I can stay straight and still see straight
He gave me a reason to say it
Don't wait for pain to find out you exist
Don't look for shame
You're better off without it
Life is unkind
This isn't candyland
I hope you don't understand
It's so nice not to feel shame
So nice not to be creeped out
Ice is unkind
'Til it freezes your enemies
Life is unkind
'Til it burns up your memories
Life is unkind
He gave me a reason to live it

Album Version:
I lost a boy
And now I look for him
Through every window and behind every door
My son went down
This isn't trauma
It's not even drama anymore
I was born with a sad song in my mouth
He gave me a reason to sing it
It's like this boy
Took all my clear cold nights
Left me hot and dry
And when he falls I can't hear it
This isn't vodka
It's not even chocolate
I don't know
How long I can stay straight and still see straight
He gave me a reason to say it
Don't wait for pain to find out you exist
Don't look for shame
You're better off without it
Life is unkind
This isn't candyland
I know you don't understand
It's so nice not to be ashamed
So nice not to be creeped out
Ice is unkind
'Til it freezes your enemies
Life is unkind
'Til it burns up our memories
Life is unkind
He gave me a reason to live it

Fireworks for you in the ozone snow.