dear restless hearts of suburban
Oklahoma this year is a letter to the
both of us we all know how long it takes
to get to dallas which gas stations to
stop at our realistic chances of winning
at winstar holding our breaths until in
and out we know we all want some animal
style fries do not snap me about it
we’ve all thought about buying the cheap
it going to the airport and buying the
cheapest ticket to anywhere USA calling
anywhere else home for the weekend but
we don’t we stay at home thinking about
it all day and all of a sudden you’re
hungry and only ihop Waffle House and
donut king are open and you’ve said new
year new me three times today so we go
to sleep hungry thus is Oklahoma let’s
make something together all we ever hear
is there were three hours away from
anything but we’re here right now aren’t
we so let’s show off our guitar strings
skeletons are paper mache poems are
strands of light and photography and
sunsets because nobody ever says I hate
that sunset nobody ever curses Oklahoma
skyline when it isn’t trying to kill
them so let’s make artists out of
sunsets and writers out a magic dust
instead of rubble because I know we’re
all storytellers here everyone in this
room whether it’s you going on a bad
first date in the union or your best
friend making fun of you for going on a
date to traditions whether or not you
believe there’s a story arc or a
narrative to your life you have to
acknowledge that there are stories to
tell so let’s build the tallest
mountains in Oklahoma out of them okay
maybe we could aim a little bit higher
but the point is why not right here
right now make a promise to make this a
place worth staying even if it’s just
for the stories of you’ve created here I
am so tired of hearing that were three
hours away from anything when you could
cover i-35 and stories about my best
friend we could bury Oklahoma City and
stories about this room’s first loves
and we could send someone to Kansas and
back
on a go-kart fueled by stories about our
favorite teacher giving us a hell of a
lot more time and energy than they were
ever paid for so pack a bag tonight now
for Dallas now for California or New
York pack a bag for the mountains or
climbing mountains people will drive
three hours for thank you [Applause]
Oklahoma this year is a letter to the
both of us we all know how long it takes
to get to dallas which gas stations to
stop at our realistic chances of winning
at winstar holding our breaths until in
and out we know we all want some animal
style fries do not snap me about it
we’ve all thought about buying the cheap
it going to the airport and buying the
cheapest ticket to anywhere USA calling
anywhere else home for the weekend but
we don’t we stay at home thinking about
it all day and all of a sudden you’re
hungry and only ihop Waffle House and
donut king are open and you’ve said new
year new me three times today so we go
to sleep hungry thus is Oklahoma let’s
make something together all we ever hear
is there were three hours away from
anything but we’re here right now aren’t
we so let’s show off our guitar strings
skeletons are paper mache poems are
strands of light and photography and
sunsets because nobody ever says I hate
that sunset nobody ever curses Oklahoma
skyline when it isn’t trying to kill
them so let’s make artists out of
sunsets and writers out a magic dust
instead of rubble because I know we’re
all storytellers here everyone in this
room whether it’s you going on a bad
first date in the union or your best
friend making fun of you for going on a
date to traditions whether or not you
believe there’s a story arc or a
narrative to your life you have to
acknowledge that there are stories to
tell so let’s build the tallest
mountains in Oklahoma out of them okay
maybe we could aim a little bit higher
but the point is why not right here
right now make a promise to make this a
place worth staying even if it’s just
for the stories of you’ve created here I
am so tired of hearing that were three
hours away from anything when you could
cover i-35 and stories about my best
friend we could bury Oklahoma City and
stories about this room’s first loves
and we could send someone to Kansas and
back
on a go-kart fueled by stories about our
favorite teacher giving us a hell of a
lot more time and energy than they were
ever paid for so pack a bag tonight now
for Dallas now for California or New
York pack a bag for the mountains or
climbing mountains people will drive
three hours for thank you [Applause]
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