Oh, you are letting me go, letting me go Oh, you are holding my heart, holding my heart I try my best with smoke and mirrors I try my best with crocodile tears It's hard to forget where we started from Over the back rows on into the sun Oh, you are letting me go, letting me go Oh, you are holding my heart, still holding my heart Remember when we used to waltz in the grass Crickets chirping, wet feet, we dance Night in the parlor, laughing too loud While you're in the backyard drawing a crowd Oh, you are letting me go, letting me go Oh, you are holding my heart, holding my heart Take your son to the ravine Showing moths, and frogs in the stream And I'll slip back out the way I came No one's the wiser, I'll be the same