Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottled blues And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes My mind was young until she grew My secret thoughts known only by a few It was a dream much too real to be leaned against too long And all the time I think she knew Her words still dance inside my head Her comb still lies beside my bed And the sun comes up without her, it just doesn't know she's gone Oh, but I remember every word she said Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes Warm evenings, pale mornings, bottled blues And the tiny golden pins that she wore up in her hair Brass buttons, green silks and silver shoes