I fell in love with a girl of nineteen A black haired girl I called Abilene Young girl, where's your husband? Sadly, she replied, "I do not have one"
I wish that I could float Float up from the ground I will never know What that's like You have a way about you I wish that I had Thought it was impossible
I'm standing on the top of the moon Looking down at you (You're tiny, you're [Incomprehensible]) Standing on the top of the star Wondering where you
Turn off the fountain Here comes a landslide, down comes a mountain Mother is crying, "Where are my children?" They're up in heaven Did you get to close
I would come out just see you Dancing freely by the sunset Like the sun you'd shine brightly We'd spend hours by the curbside Telling stories under streetlights
Now you're swimming It don't even feel right You hate your body You know it shows They're acting crazy Out there in the deep end They're shouting curse
It's getting hard to pay attention to you Always trying to work it out But a girl you love behind still hangs around She's always wondering when you'll
Out from my window across from the city I have what's considered a good view Two blocks from the subway, three from the fountain Where I walk to break
Purple anteater waits on the corner Winging one night, I'm slight Open eyes just to see the people That you don't play at all, see them fall When you
I'll come down tomorrow morning And meet you at our new location In front of City Bookstore Across the street from the railway station She tells me how
You believe in flying saucers Aliens and purple monsters? And somehow, I think you're the only one You're saying to me, "I'll never believe this Just
It just so happens I have many concerned My brother's down the road and my lover in town They both need affection And some kind of love Well, I'm the
People laughing, pointing at you They make the jokes and laugh and about Though I never did those things They will make fun of you but not me They will
He came from the nearby town And showed up at your door Says, "I'm here to take good care of you And your children four." He stayed with you all day
She's gonna come in and say, ?How are you?? My day was pretty blue Sit on the sofa, she'll take off her shoes And think of something fun to do She's
You told all your friends "He's someone I'll regret" He's out there setting fires To the demons in his head Once you called it perfect love You now call
Autumn falls down these streets We'll walk together You take my hand Inside your hand lightly You used to kiss me on the bus And now I'll walk these
Can I ask a question? Were we meant to be? Face the wrong direction, turn around to see You'll see it's me and I don't wanna play these games Do you know
