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It was 2013 how could I ever forget

The most punk rock person perhaps I ever met

Liberty Street was lit up for Christmas in the Park

Into my arms and memories forever you stepped out from the dark

You were out and proud in such a way, time and place

That it was unsafe just to show your face

Strange that in our own days we walked the same path

Where did you end up, my old friend Nat?

Downpicking on those strings so fast

Each word that you sang more vitriolic than the last

All about the music and the art, so many others than me felt your heart

I'm sorry the world has been so unkind

I know where you had to go just to clear your mind

I hope you're longer for this world than you believed

and that it didn't leave you behind

Where are you at?

Where did you go my old friend Nat?

She was a kindhearted outsider building her own world

It didn't matter how you saw her, she was her own brand of girl

She signed me to her label, we did it for the love of music

So much more than self-expression we were searching for the truth

Life is short and people come and go

I'd do it all again you know

I hope you're happier wherever you're at

My old friend Nat