You're a cold day of August
You're strihing too shallow
You're a heart shaped box with no letter inside
You're seed on planet
Your field run fallow
Your heart's used up
You're feeling cast aside
I'm sorry that I left so soon
I left you stading at the gallows
You were all strung out
The hangman waiting for a sign
Come see me at the greenhouse
In the backyard
Come see me by the oak tree
With our names carved in the bark
Come see me at the train tracks
Bring some pennies for old times' sake
Even though I'm gone
There's some memories that you need to take
With you
Now you're working up the courage
Just to get yourself through that doorway
A big world outside, you're afraid of what you'll find
Now you're leaning on friends, finding confort and laughter
You're patching up your heart,
Finding some peace of mind
I'm sorry that I left so soon
You're stepping down from the gallows
You were all strung out
The hangman waiting for a sign
So come see me at the greenhouse
In the backyard
Come see me by the oak tree
With our names carved in the bark
Come see me at the train tracks
Bring some pennies for old times' sake
Even though I'm gone
There's some memories that you need to take
With you
You found a new lover, you went and got yourself married
You're doing all the things that we never got to do
You had yourself a baby, she's beautiful and happy
Oh lord how I wish I could've given that to you
But I left too soon
I was stading at the gallows
I was all strung out
I gave the hangman the sign
You don't need me at the greenhouse
In the backyard
Down at the oak tree
With our names carved in the bark
Don't make it to the train tracks
Bringing pennies for old times' sake
Even though I'm gone
New memories you need to make
It's time for me to fade away
I'm going home (oooh... oooh)
