Oldest Daughter

You drift in with the wind

And use a library computer to check in

You can't sleep at the table, ma'am, you're scaring the kids

And the fall's getting cold

You try to catch salt air in an envelope

So you can send it home, sit by the bay alone

Sun on your skin

Another day up in flames

Another cop that knows your name (that knows your name)

These assholes always sound the same

Madelyn, I don't think that I'll see you again

Madelyn, I love you, but we both know how this ends

Madelyn, the tide is coming in

You pull out a cig

Imagine the air in your lungs as gasoline

Light the fucker up, some people get all the luck

And some gotta live

If I can't find an address

Nobody seems to know where you're living at

I got you a birthday gift

I wanna send it with pictures of my kids

Another day up in flames (day up in flames)

Another year that looks the same

Madelyn, I don't think that I'll see you again

Madelyn, I love you but we both know how this ends

Madelyn, I heard that the tide is coming in

You're lost in the gray with two broken legs

Trying to swim

Madelyn (watch the clouds)

Madelyn (empty out)

Madelyn (flood the ground)

Madelyn (try to sleep)

Madelyn (in the steam)

Madelyn (from the street)

Madelyn, I don't think that I'll see you again

Madelyn, I love you but we both know how this ends

Madelyn, I heard that the tide is coming in

You're lost in the gray with two broken legs

Trying to swim