February Rain

Lyrics

You planted tulips, you would never see bloom You had a baby you'd never seen turn two You got sickness all throughout your bones You went to the hospital and you never came home You died today, fourteen years ago And I still think about you every day, you know Every scratch on my hardwood floor Is carved by the claws of that big fat tabby cat of yours I just walked to the water and I thought of you And all of the beautiful places that you introduced me to And I looked at the bridge and the fog hanging over I thought about how many times we drove over it Into Mill Valley, driving past San Quentin That once housed my distant cousin On the way to Fairfax To spend time with your father and your mother Listening to some music or the other Cat Stevens' Tea for the Tiller Neil Young's Harvest Moon and Joni Mitchell's Blue And Leo Kottke, I never dug him but I put up with him for you Your passing is tragic and it fucked everyone up who knew you Very very badly At the time we were hijacked by so much pain that we couldn't see But in your 34 years, you accomplished so many many things You dated your favorite musician You were a great painter and you sold some paintings over in Britain You married a man who became the father of your daughter You lived near the ocean most of your life You loved the smell of salt water You had two best friends who loved you very very so And I sing a song for you everywhere I go I wish I could call you now but I can't and I'm sorry You always made me smile when I got mopey I was yours and you were mine And my god, we were good together but we were only 29 But my career was getting busier and busier And I had so much on my mind I knew it was best to set you free I knew there was someone who could Give you things I couldn't give you He gave you a ring and a beautiful girl And what could I give you? I was traveling so much around the world So here it is, fourteen years since I last saw you I hear the broom sweeping across the floor Just like in the song "Harvest Moon" The February rain is relentless and I'm lost in thoughts of you And the rain is relentless today and I'm lost in thoughts of you And the rain is relentless today and I'm lost in thoughts of you And the rain is relentless today just like when I last saw you And the rain is relentless tonight and I'm lost in thoughts of you And the rain is relentless tonight and I'm lost in thoughts of you