YOU BY THE LAKE LINEN DRESS BOATER ON
WITH A RED RIBBON WINDED AROUND
MILKY SKIN
LEAVES BEGIN TO SHAKE
WE ARE JUST TEN
BLACK CURLY CLOUDS ARE GATHERING
IN A DUSTY CORNER OF THE SKY
WOKEN FROM THAT DREAM
I MISS YOU I MISS YOU BAD
THAT TIME IS FAR FROM ME NOW
WOKEN FROM THAT DREAM
I MISS YOU I MISS YOU BAD
THIS TIME SHE’S GONE FOR GOOD
ALL THE YEARS SINCE THEN I
I THOUGHT YOU DISAPPEARED
FROM MY MIND I THOUGHT YOU
YOU WERE LESS THAN A SOUVENIR
ALL THOSE YEARS MAKE NO SENSE TO ME
BEST FRIEND OF MINE
FAR MORE FOR ME
YOU LEFT US THAT TIME
I FELT SO DEPRESSED
I THOUGHT YOU’D COME BACK
BACK INTO MY LIFE
COME BACK BACK TO ME
THE DAY THEY PHONED MY LIFE COLLAPSED
BLACK BEARDS WERE PICKING UP REMAINS OF HER AMONG GLASS AND DUST
THAT DAY I THOUGHT OF YOU
OR DID I THINK OF HER
I THOUGHT OF YOU AND I
I THOUGHT OF YOU AND HER
I THOUGHT OF THAT TIME
WHEN SHE WAS YOU BUT
WAS SHE REALLY YOU
ANYWAY THEN
NOONE HAD TO DIE
I’M STILL WAITING MALKA
credits
from The Inside Laws,
track released March 1, 2009
Words by Gregory Peltier
Music by Olivier Stula and Gregory Peltier
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