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Poem: Thinking About Daniel Johnston

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Simon Sweetman
Apr 02, 2022
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I wake up thinking about those lines from Daniel Johnston’s song, Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Your Grievances.

A good way to start each day.

Thinking about how he took McCartney’s line about taking a lucky break breaking it in two – Daniel broke it in a way that it felt positively remade.

To listen to any of those early records is to eavesdrop – and on fa…

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