You Don’t Care
When you left the house
this morning
with a swagger and a crooked smile
I was thinking of your past glories
and how easy it is to use up all my time
So let the leaves fall
on the water
and let the water take those leaves away
when you said you’d think it over
it was just another way of saying you don’t care
Well your face is cracked
and tired, dear,
and your thoughts are painted bone,
your fancy words run on like water
but your eyes have turned to stone
So let the leaves fall
on the water
and let the water take those leaves away
when you said you’d think it over
it was just another way of saying you don’t care
There’s a bird
of many colours
who flies above the choppy seas
above the clouds there’s always sunshine
behind closed doors there’s always fear
I’m going out
tomorrow morning
to walk a long and crooked mile
til I find what keeps me warm, dear
cos you know I’ve been cold here all the time
So let the leaves fall
on the water
and let the water take those leaves away
when you said you’d think it over
it was just another way of saying you don’t care