August 21, 2021

To Let Go

Rockport, Maine

My grandfather won the lottery, he gambled it all away. My dad dropped out of school—he was only eight. Found a diamond bracelet in the cobblestones. Bought himself a plane ticket, never went back home.

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Eliza Cuevas

CO-WRITER

Alex Wilder, Will Foote

PERFORMED BY

Alex Wilder, Nora Willauer, Will Foote

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