Lyla

Goodmorning lyla,

The flower's bloomed months ago

And now the branches hang with autumn's fire

I wake each morning

To feel this ground's gone frozen beneath me-

I dreamed away these months 'til you were gone

And I found myself waking,

Curled up in my arms with a cigarette in hand,

And the hopes that we held were in my pocket

Will we ever be,

What this world was to you and me

Will we ever be crying for these days

Will we ever be what this heart held for you and me

Will we ever be the same?

And I heard you'd been hanging around,

Those city boys learned to dance so well

It breaks my heart, it gives me hell,

I'll go to the meadow where we used to lay

But I still wade into that stream,

The frozen damn water, it tears at me

But it makes me feel like I'm fighting to breathe and it's only then I'm scared of dying

It's only when I see you turn to go that I know I need your love to stay