The Woman Who Raised Me

There's a cold wind blowing in from the east

A voice in my head telling me

"Inside till your hair's dry unless you wanna be in the hospital"

A pair of green eyes in which I can do no wrong

A punchline the first time that I got stoned

"Oh baby, he's happy on a farm with a bone and a stable"

And they'll be songs I'd like to hear but can't anymore

They'll be names and heights and years on the frame on the door

And when you're gone you will never leave

For as long as I'm here you'll be

The woman who raised me

There ain't a demon you haven't been able to shake

Kinships you've mended you didn't break

There's a night in July when you said I ain't done living

And they'll be songs I'd like to hear but can't anymore

They'll be names and heights and years on the frame of the door

And when you're gone you will never leave

For as long as I'm here you'll be

The woman who raised me

And they'll be times I'd like to call but can't anymore

So I'll let them write on the walls and paint on the floors

Cause when you're gone you will never leave

For as long as I'm here you'll be

The woman who raised me

There's a cold wind blowing in through the leaves

Of an oak tree stood standing since I was three

There's a child with your smile and an empty seat

At the table