A Curious Man

Please, please, remember me
In the tall grass by the twisted tree
Please, don't forget

Wear your best evening gown
Say not a word of what you've found
When you were down in the bottomless pit

Over the ridge the smoke will rise
As the night fogged in the skies, you know
I'll be around
Like a cold fog that hangs in the air

And we can be together again
Just like we were way back
When we were young, in that idle place

Funny how strange things are
Funny how the time don't seem so far away
Though I know it is

All the way I followed you home
All the while you thought you were alone
No, no, no, don't turn around
I'd hate to make you scared

Death is like a cold sweat
Every moment just brings a new regret
Climbing over me like fire

Every shaken midnight cloud
Every face in the swarming crowd
Talk to me in their secret sigh

'Cross the highway over the fields
Beyond the tree light my faith was sealed with you
In the frozen crown
Just a half a mile from the county fair