Red Tin Roof

A frost covered the ground this way

Bit the lilacs petals, turned them brown

They are not in blue pitchers

On the kitchen table anymore

'Cause my mother is down in Mexico somewhere

And I don't know if she's ever coming back.

And my father we talk on the telephone sometimes

But the wires, they're not long enough to fill this

hole

And my brother it's nice to hear his voice

And reminisce about how we all used to live there

Under the red red red red tin roof

Now all separate we walked away

But I need a grasp to take the cold from my hands

A place to lean on so I can feel those strong breaths

again

To feel the shape without the light

Or to sit in the gleam of the living room again

But my mother is down in Mexico somewhere

And I don't know if she's ever coming back

And my father we talk on the telephone sometimes

But the wire they're not long enough to fill this hole

And my brother it's nice to hear his voice

To reminisce about how we used to live there

Under the red red red red tin roof

Will someone please please help me

Unlock this skeleton from this flesh rest

I think it wants to walk away to some place that no

longer exists

Why can't we back track

So we can all sit up on that hill

And watch the trees along the fence grow

All over again

Why can't we back track so we can all sit up on that

hill

And watch the trees along the fence grow

All over again

'Cause my mother is down in Mexico somewhere

And I don't know if she's ever coming back

And my father we talk on the telephone sometimes

But the wires they're not long enough to fill this

whole

And my brother it's nice to hear his voice

To reminisce about how we all used to live there

Under the red red red red tin roof

But never again will I hear the rain fall

So good

Never again will I hear the rain fall

So good

Like it did on the red, the red tin roof