Ryan Francesconi - Baby Birch lyrics

This is the song for baby birch Though I will never know you And at the back of what we've done There is the knowledge of you Well I wish we could take every path Could spend a hundred years adoring you Yes I wish we could take every path Cause you know I hated to close the door on you Do you remember staring up at the stars? So far away in their bullet-proof cars We heard the rushing, slow intake Of the dark, dark water and the engine brakes And I said how about them engine brakes? And if I should die before I wake Will you keep an eye on baby birch? Because I'd hate to see her make the same mistake When it was dark I called and you came When it was dark I saw shapes When I see stars I feel your hand And I see stars and I reel again Well mercy me, I'll be goddamned! It's been a long, long time since I last saw you And I have never known the plan It's been a long, long, time. How are you? Your eyes are green, your hair is gold Your hair is black, your eyes are blue I closed the ranks and I doubled back But you know I hated to close the doggone door on you We take a walk along the dirty lake Hear the goose cussing at me over her eggs You poor little cousin, I don't want your dregs A little baby fussing over my legs There is a blacksmith and there is a shepherd and there is a butcher boy And there is a barber who's cutting and cutting away at my only joy I saw a rabbit as swift as a knife and as pale as a candlestick And I had thought it'd be harder to do but I caught her and skinned her quick, held her there Kicking and mewling upended unspooling unsung and blue Told her wherever you go little runaway bunny I will find you And then she ran As they're liable to do Be at peace baby, and be gone Be at peace baby, and be gone