Raincoat -

When I was a young boy

Six strings and America

One not like the others

Eyes like an island lost at sea

Baptized in the ocean

Heartbreak in the summertime

Something like a spirit

Burned red rocks on a landlocked beach

Hidden in the hemlocks

A stone’s throw from the synagogue

Let me be your lover

Arms that are open, lips and teeth

When I am an old man

Take me to reunion

Wear a yellow raincoat

Write my name on an empty beach

It’s been a long while, just barely a memory

You wouldn’t remember me

We took a bus ride, invented an alibi

And treasured a melody

If we could slow down, I’d know how

To breathe deep

And hold it inside us forever

I never thought I’d be here again

Close your eyes tight and count to ten

Make me in the mountains

A secret for the summertime

Something undiscovered

Eyes like an island rescue me

Stay with me forever

Be my yellow raincoat

Something like religion

Over and over and underneath

It’s been a long while, just barely a memory

You wouldn’t remember me

We took a bus ride, invented an alibi

And treasured a melody

If we could slow down, I’d know how

To breathe deep

And hold it inside us forever

I never thought I’d be here again

If we could slow down, I’d know how

To breathe deep

And hold it inside us forever

I never thought I’d be here again

Close your eyes tight and count to ten

When I was a young boy

Six strings and America

One not like the others

Eyes like an island lost at sea

Baptized in the ocean

Heartbreak in the summertime

Something like a spirit

Over and over and underneath

When I am an old man

Take me to reunion

Wear a yellow raincoat

Write my name on an empty beach

Keep me here forever

Stay still unexplainable

Something like a vision

Beautiful, perfect, and out of reach