Gull Lake (In a Peach - Plum Dawn)

Out on Gull Lake, in a peach-plum dawn, in your Edson boat I'm safe A summer day, pulling walleye up, then the morning comes I'm awake and the pain starts in my sternum, then it radiates When I see your face, made of brick and stone It's strong and bold and brave It starts to fade, and you're weaker now, cursing these goddamn legs I know you gotta go, but I was hoping that you'd stay Hoping you'd stay Hoping you'd stay At Erin Ridge, where I'd come from school when I was faking sick. You'd take me in when the world got dark. You let me be a kid. And I know you couldn't stay. But I really wish you did I wish you did. I wish you did I wish you did. I wish you did You told me not to get old You felt the weight in your bones I knew you needed to go home, but I felt so alone You told me not to get old. Watching your light go out slow With a lump in my throat Wish we were back on your boat You told me not to get old You told me not to get old You told me not to get old Wish we were back on your boat Wish we were back on your boat