The trees reach like hands to the sky from the land
And towards each other too they bend
I watch them from a window like an old gray tired widow
Who was married once to the handsomest of plans
I'm gonna sit at a table over Christmas with Rachel
And we're gonna laugh about the town where we were born
Maybe I just need a vacation, this spring drive with me to Portland
The sun will cast our shadows like arrows to the ocean and keep us warm
Keep us warm
So cheer up, my dear. The sky's not always clear
There needs to come a setting sun before the night stars appear
And those tree skeletons know that winter has begun
But that with it comes a new year.
No, next year won't unravel like this last one did
We'll travel out to the water every chance we get
'Cos this dream's as good as dead
If we only let it live here behind our eye lids
If we always keep it hid
So cheer up, my dear. Rub your eyes clear
A song can't be sung until you
Breath and fill your lungs with the cold dark air
And a banner can't be hung until you've
Climbed the lowest rungs of the ladder leaning here
You remember how your parents clapped waved and smiled
Every little thing made them proud when you were a child
Well now you've grown and you're the coolest kid I know
But somehow they lost their interest long ago
Well cheer up, my dear. I'll always be here
And the sky above you, the kids our age line up to love you,
And you have nothing to fear
There's a sky above you, the kids our age we line up to love you,
And you have nothing to fear.
The trees reach like hands to the sky from the land And towards each other too they bend I watch them from a window like an old gray tired widow Who was married once to the handsomest of plans
I'm gonna sit at a table over Christmas with Rachel And we're gonna laugh about the town where we were born Maybe I just need a vacation, this spring drive with me to Portland The sun will cast our shadows like arrows to the ocean and keep us warm Keep us warm
So cheer up, my dear. The sky's not always clear There needs to come a setting sun before the night stars appear And those tree skeletons know that winter has begun But that with it comes a new year.
No, next year won't unravel like this last one did We'll travel out to the water every chance we get 'Cos this dream's as good as dead If we only let it live here behind our eye lids If we always keep it hid
So cheer up, my dear. Rub your eyes clear A song can't be sung until you Breath and fill your lungs with the cold dark air And a banner can't be hung until you've Climbed the lowest rungs of the ladder leaning here
You remember how your parents clapped waved and smiled Every little thing made them proud when you were a child Well now you've grown and you're the coolest kid I know But somehow they lost their interest long ago
Well cheer up, my dear. I'll always be here And the sky above you, the kids our age line up to love you, And you have nothing to fear There's a sky above you, the kids our age we line up to love you, And you have nothing to fear.