# John Prines latest album - The Tree of Forgiveness

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 2, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prines-latest-album-the-tree-of-forgiveness/815303 "2018-06-02T00:46:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prines-latest-album-the-tree-of-forgiveness/815303/1 "2018-06-02T00:46:40Z")

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Who has fallen in love with this album as I have?

This is Prine’s first album of new material in 13 years. His voice has grown nicely into his post-cancer treatments and his age. And he certainly has not lost his gift for stringing the exact, perfect string of words together:

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> _I can see your back porch  
> If I close my eyes now  
> I can hear the train tracks  
> Through the laundry on the line_

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> _I hear a hear a lot of empty spaces  
> I see a big hole in you  
> I feel an outline that traces  
> An imaginary path back to you  
> This ain’t no ordinary blue_

Have a listen to what I consider a beautiful and perfect song:

[Summer’s End](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XLaIFTmJF8)  
mmm

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-prines-latest-album-the-tree-of-forgiveness/815303/2 "2018-06-02T00:50:31Z")

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Beautifully done. Love that guy.