The leaves will fall And so will you When you do, bury me under them too Seconds pass; we’ll make it through Eventually we all go home It won’t be long It won’t be long
We walk along the wire tied between horizons You close your eyes like it’s nothing at all Throughout the rise and fall, everything, everything Changes, I will be here when you die
It won’t be long It won’t be long Until we find our way home
Did you hear the trumpets play the day your father died? Did a violin swell those circles under your eyes? Did you play the part straight, like a marcher? Get lost in the beat, thinking and feeling Did the drums in the streets make the people dance? Or fall to their knees as the sound? Knock the leaves from the trees As they fall from the branch, the look beautiful As they hung in the air
Spinning around Did you float in the air? Spinning around
There must be somewhere that cigarettes burn through the night And the leaves don’t abandon their trees to the light Where the skies always clear And the summer never ends
Won’t you take me there?
The leaves will fall So will you When you do, bury me Under them too Seconds pass; we’ll make it through