I CAN RECALL
THE SOUND OF THE WIND
AS IT BLEW THROUGH
THE TREES
AND THE TREES
WOULD BEND
AND I CAN RECALL
THE SMELL OF THE RAIN
ON A HOT SUMMER NIGHT
COMING THROUGH
THE SCREEN
I'D CRAWL IN YOUR BED
WHEN THE LIGHTNING
FLASHED
AND I'D STILL BE THERE
WHEN THE STORM
HAD PASSED
DEAD TO THE WORLD
TILL THE MORNING
CAST ITS LIGHT
ALL AROUND YOUR ROOM
WE LIVED ON A STREET
WHERE THE TALL
ELM SHADE
WAS AS GREEN
AS THE GRASS
AND AS COOL AS A BLADE
THAT YOU HELD
IN YOUR TEETH AS WE
LAY ON OUR BACKS
STARING UP AT THE BLUE
AND THE BLUE
STARED BACK
I USED TO BELIEVE
WE WERE JUST
LIKE THOSE TREES
WE'D GROW JUST AS TALL
AND AS PROUD
AS WE PLEASED
WITH OUR FEET
ON THE GROUND
AND OUR ARMS
IN THE BREEZE
UNDER A
SHELTERING SKY
TWIRL ME ABOUT
AND TWIRL ME AROUND
LET ME GROW DIZZY
AND FALL
TO THE GROUND
AND WHEN I LOOK UP
AT YOU LOOKING DOWN
SAY IT WAS
ONLY A DREAM
A BIG TRUCK
WAS PARKED
IN THE DRIVE ONE DAY
THEY WRAPPED US
IN PAPER
AND MOVED US AWAY
YOUR ROOM
WAS NO LONGER
NEXT DOOR TO MINE
THIS KID SISTER THING
WAS OLD BY THAT TIME
BUT OH
HOW OUR DREAMS
WENT BUMP IN THE NIGHT
AND THE VOICES
DOWNSTAIRS GETTING
INTO A FIGHT
AND THE NEXT DAY
A SILENCE YOU COULD
CUT WITH A KNIFE
AND FEEL LIKE A BLADE
AT YOUR THROAT
TWIRL ME ABOUT
AND TWIRL ME AROUND
LET ME GROW DIZZY
AND FALL
TO THE GROUND
AND WHEN I LOOK UP
AT YOU LOOKING DOWN
SAY IT WAS
ONLY A DREAM
THE DAY YOU LEFT HOME
YOU GOT AN EARLY START
I WATCHED YOUR CAR
BACK OUT IN THE DARK
I OPENED THE DOOR
TO YOUR ROOM
DOWN THE HALL
I TURNED ON THE LIGHT
AND ALL THAT I SAW
WAS A BED AND A DESK
AND A COUPLE OF TACKS
NO SIGN OF SOMEONE
WHO EXPECTS
TO BE BACK
IT MUST'VE BEEN
ONE HELL OF A SUITCASE
YOU PACKED
TWIRL ME ABOUT
AND TWIRL ME AROUND
LET ME GROW DIZZY
AND FALL
TO THE GROUND
AND WHEN I LOOK UP
AT YOU LOOKING DOWN
SAY IT WAS
ONLY A DREAM