Eyes to sun, she lays in peace
Eyes bear complacence
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone yeah

Buried in dirt, her torso lays
One limb dangles
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone

Please take me back to my healing home
Please take me back to my toy box
Ours, not for their own

Eyes to sun, she lays in peace
Eyes bear complacence
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone

Please take me back to my healing home
Please take me back to my toy box
Please take me back to my little girl's hand
Please take me back to my toy box
Yeah, ours, not for their own
Ours, not for the old

Buried in dirt, her torso lays
One limb dangles
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone

Please take me back to my healing home
Please take me back to my toy box
Please take me back to
This little girl's hand
Please take me back to my toy box
Ours, not for their own
Ours, not for the old


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    @aldeayeah Well that's wrong... you can listen to the two live version on archive.org and it's clearly Cornell singing

    TiredoftheShadowinon September 17, 2021   Link

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