Round the City Square

Whisper going round the city square Rumor grows a tumor in your garden Anticipation as the rain begins to fall And pools up at the gutter in your hallway I didn't want us to end this way But the love has faded away Chariot hits the wall Body language says it all It's the saddest state so suddenly The magic disappears And the clouds that circle round our home Will suck the color from our bones I never get to win at pin the donkey tail The children's games we played As grown-ups we have failed For several years I tried to plead my case And all the riddles I got back have settled into place I found a way to get away You found a place called home I found the road that took me there And found you weren't alone Now I sit here with the things I need And then I wander aimlessly I wonder if the whispering is Going round the city square And as you boarded with your ticket You found home was safer than The place you tried to make your home Maybe it felt like home, just now and then Now and then, now and then I tried to plead my case It fell on empty ears For several years, I heard the Whisper going round the city square Whisper going round the city square Whisper going round the city square I wish that I could silence it, but you weren't there