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J​.​D. Salinger Wrote Holden Caulfield

from Breaking Up Is Hard To Do by The Shy Guys

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I know it's hard when no one listens. So goddamn hard to know the difference between growing up and going nuts. Perhaps there's no difference at all. You're just a kid searching for direction, wondering why nobody can answer your question. They just say: "Who the fuck knows or cares where the ducks go when the freezing snow starts to fall?"

I didn't write Holden Caulfield. You didn't write Holden Caulfield. No matter how lonely we all feel, Salinger wrote Holden Caulfield.

I know you're tired of the creeps and the morons, and you wish that all the phonies were gone. But hey, that includes yourself and me as well. We've still got a long way to go. I used to dream of being a catcher in the rye. And though I'll never let that dream die, I've learned I can't catch them all. Sometimes I've got to let them fall, like I fell myself long ago.

If you feel like you're getting a raw deal, and you wanna just put up your forcefield, hang on! No matter how lonely we all feel, Salinger wrote Holden Caulfield.

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from Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, released December 31, 2002

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