You watched him turn blue on the floor She was a stone in the chair You stumbled from the porch, screaming, knees burrowed in the grass You never were the same but you and me are the same We harden hearts to simplify the emptiness this world creates We shield our souls to the winds that sting the skin We put up walls to block what we can't understand I needed you to stay young Stay young with me To hold the last of our humanity in a sea of empty seats We harden hearts to simplify the emptiness this world creates Stay young with me You wanted a better life for me He died a poor man and we waved to him in passing Smoking on the porch, toothless in grin You may not see him again but I'll be home again I'll be home again Loneliness bites like a spider in our sleep I wanted a better life for you