Goldenrod

Remember we got so lost

Up at your parents’ place

Out in the goldenrod

With the sun on your face

We wandered around all day

Shot off some flares at night

Drinking til we felt saved

But you know we were right

I never said goodbye to you

I never thought that I’d have to

I never said goodbye to you

I don’t know how

I don’t know how

We’d go driving around downtown

Smoking in parking lots

And letting the ash burn down

On the ones we forgot

Just taking the backroads fast

Singing and laughing loud

With the radio always on and

Fading in, fading out

I never said goodbye to you

I never thought that I’d have to

I never said goodbye to you

I don’t know how

I don’t know how

Oh the way that you looked into me then

I could put a frame around it

I could hang it up

Oh the way that you sang it to me then

I’m listening

But I’m out of luck

You never felt a thing

That’s what the paper said

Your sister just losing it

And the street glowing red

As soon as the call came in

I got the hell out of town

I couldn’t stand to see them

Put you into the ground

I never said goodbye to you

I never thought that I’d have to

I never said goodbye to you

I don’t know how

I don’t know how