Lee

Lyrics

I remember the hail of red clay rocks Lee, your lean chucking arm The boys, the hill And the wild flights home from war Silent stairs we crept before your mom at the tv had a clue She never talked to me or to you But when we would have a game Up there, she would shout your name And the record we'd hush, she'd go away We'd dim the light in your room and we would play You were more like a girl every time We'd fall asleep to the tune As the walls spun round Light flashed, light stopped With you, Lee, under bed sheets A tent we had made there Were things as I remember Hard things for you As a man, you left angry Oh Lee, how a child can whine I'm done telling lies to mine There's no deal in it all, he needs to hear All the things we're pining for All that's carried far from shore Leave one bitter about what remains I'm not telling him now, just the same You were a dream When you painted your eyes Mighty you were Like a sail on a heaving sky