Letras
I've traveled to cities you've never seen
Far from the town where I was a teen
To Budapest and West Odense
A million miles from New Providence
Thirty years later, my childhood's gone
The blue and white house, half an acre lawn
So why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
The mezuzah in front and the books in the stack?
There was nothing to do and the neighbors were mean
I sat in my room and I tried not to scream
We fought and squabbled every third day
And I longed for the time when I'd go far away
I never looked back and I tried to forget
So why do I think of this house with regret?
Why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
The mezuzah in front and the books in the stack?
When I walk to work under mackerel sky
The tears start to slide, I can't fathom why
It's been nine years since you're in the grave
I keep on living and I even forgave
How you died in front of me that day
The clock keeps ticking as you slide away
And time stood still for a full year
While I pretend you were near
Mom, you died in front of me that day
Four paramedics, they couldn't save
That you would live to comfort me (Comfort me)
Or one day know who I would be
I never looked back and I tried to forget (Tried to forget)
So why do I think of this house with regret? (House with regret)
Why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
The mezuzah in front and the books in the stack?
I never looked back and I tried to forget (Tried to forget)
Why do I think of this house with regret? (House with regret)
Why do I dwell on the elm tree in back
The mezuzah in front and the books in the stack?