Simon Joyner The Silver Birch
[Verse 1]
I got a call from your mother
So it must have been a dream
She said, “I vanished for half of his life
Now, I'm returning to be seen”
[Chorus 1]
And then it began to rain
And it rained for over a week
And I heard the dogs grind their teeth just like me
[Verse 2]
We pitched our tents in the pasture
The kids caught lightning bugs in a honey jar
We sang "Waiting for a Train" with your sisters
You were already in that car
[Chorus 2]
And then it began to rain
And it rained for over a month
And the sunflowers they got drunk just like me
[Chorus 3]
Now, Sara looks for a wolf on the levee
She saw him cutting through the grass and mist
Whilе I watch the ceiling lamp flicker abovе me
And wait for the kettle on the stove to hiss
[Chorus 3]
And then it began to rain
And it rained for over a year
The silver birch turned grey and bitter just like me
[Versse 4]
I've been dying to forget that day
I've been trying to hold my tongue
Who really wants to hear the victim say
“I was wrong, but I was wronged”
[Outro]
And then it began to rain
When you closed your blue eyes
Did it take you by surprise
When it began to rain
And you unlaced the sky
Until every cloud was empty inside just like me?
