My first little picture show, | |
I remember well. | |
Cowboys and country songs | |
Came when I was twelve. | |
(But) maybe I was half that age | |
In a sandbox listening to a record play | |
Times are windows | |
For passing by | |
It happened just this morning | |
I was standing in the stairs. | |
Paper butterflies | |
Were hanging in the air. | |
You never sing happy songs | |
And yet you smile all the time that we’ve | |
known | |
It seems like something happened back | |
then. | |
I can see it in the lines in your skin | |
I believe that all the happy endings aren’t | |
found | |
But with patience are made. | |
My mama said that we were cursed | |
And so she cried. | |
The spirit world can’t be reversed | |
So we all must die | |
I totally shook it off, | |
It’s in the mind’s eye that you become | |
strong | |
I tried to help her understand, | |
But in the end she would not take a | |
helping hand | |
You never sing happy songs | |
And yet you smile all the time that we’ve | |
known | |
It seems like something happened back | |
then. | |
I can see it in the lines in your skin | |
I don’t believe you have to tell me | |
Anything you don’t want to say | |
I believe that all the happy endings aren’t | |
found | |
But with patience are made. |
My first little picture show, | |
I remember well. | |
Cowboys and country songs | |
Came when I was twelve. | |
But maybe I was half that age | |
In a sandbox listening to a record play | |
Times are windows | |
For passing by | |
It happened just this morning | |
I was standing in the stairs. | |
Paper butterflies | |
Were hanging in the air. | |
You never sing happy songs | |
And yet you smile all the time that we' ve | |
known | |
It seems like something happened back | |
then. | |
I can see it in the lines in your skin | |
I believe that all the happy endings aren' t | |
found | |
But with patience are made. | |
My mama said that we were cursed | |
And so she cried. | |
The spirit world can' t be reversed | |
So we all must die | |
I totally shook it off, | |
It' s in the mind' s eye that you become | |
strong | |
I tried to help her understand, | |
But in the end she would not take a | |
helping hand | |
You never sing happy songs | |
And yet you smile all the time that we' ve | |
known | |
It seems like something happened back | |
then. | |
I can see it in the lines in your skin | |
I don' t believe you have to tell me | |
Anything you don' t want to say | |
I believe that all the happy endings aren' t | |
found | |
But with patience are made. |
My first little picture show, | |
I remember well. | |
Cowboys and country songs | |
Came when I was twelve. | |
But maybe I was half that age | |
In a sandbox listening to a record play | |
Times are windows | |
For passing by | |
It happened just this morning | |
I was standing in the stairs. | |
Paper butterflies | |
Were hanging in the air. | |
You never sing happy songs | |
And yet you smile all the time that we' ve | |
known | |
It seems like something happened back | |
then. | |
I can see it in the lines in your skin | |
I believe that all the happy endings aren' t | |
found | |
But with patience are made. | |
My mama said that we were cursed | |
And so she cried. | |
The spirit world can' t be reversed | |
So we all must die | |
I totally shook it off, | |
It' s in the mind' s eye that you become | |
strong | |
I tried to help her understand, | |
But in the end she would not take a | |
helping hand | |
You never sing happy songs | |
And yet you smile all the time that we' ve | |
known | |
It seems like something happened back | |
then. | |
I can see it in the lines in your skin | |
I don' t believe you have to tell me | |
Anything you don' t want to say | |
I believe that all the happy endings aren' t | |
found | |
But with patience are made. |