He kissed her once as she leaned on the windowsill ♪ She'll never love him but knows that her father will ♪ Her fallen fruit is all rotten in the middle But her breast never dries when he's hungry ♪ The money came and she died in her rocking chair ♪ The window wide and the rain in her braided hair ♪ A letter locked in the pattern of her knuckle Like a hymn to the house she was making ♪ Blind and whistling just around the corner And there's a wind that is whispering something Strong as hell but not hickory rooted ♪ She kissed him once 'cause he gave her a cigarette ♪ And turned around but he waits like a turned down bed
And summer left like her walking with another And the sound of the church bell ringing ♪ The money came and he died like a butterfly ♪ A buried star in the haze of the city lights
A gun went off and her mother dropped her baby On a blue feathered wing, we were lucky ♪ Blind and whistling just around the corner And there's a wind that is whispering something Strong as hell but not hickory rooted