Tom: C
G F
Baby shoes on the sidewalk
F c F
They're playing hopscotch in the dents we left in the concrete
G F
Never wore those moccasins you got me for my birthday
C F G
Wasted all the gift card money on toys and games and other things that break
[Chorus]
G F
Even then I sensed an emptiness in winter
C F
When the creek froze in December, I could feel myself getting older
G F C
Maybe it was the soft decay, brittle branches finally breaking
G
That showed me time outside my understanding
[Verse 2]
G F
It's not like Michigan in spring
C F
When they find the kids who went out wandering and didn't make it home
G F C
Still I feel a little death in the shorter days, when dinner's on the table
F G
Getting cold and no one cares to pick up the plates
[Chorus]
G F
Even now I see the dollhouse, perfect still
C
In all its little ways, though it exists I cannot place it
G F
And I witnessed its decay, solace healing when it caved in
C G
When I go back, I have to dig it out from ruin
[Outro]
G
Little boots turning up when snow washes away
F
Got power tools in the truck for the elusive someday
C
We can sweep the streets, clean it up
F C G
But everything that's coming up was supposed to have gone away
