Third Family Portrait Lyrics - The Family Tree: The Leaves - Radical Face

It was the dead of winter 

The cold was in our bones 

And our shelves stood barren 

As we had ever known 

So our mother stands on the porch one evening 

The silent crack in her stony mask she looked up at the sky, and said "please" 

And by the turn of summer we packed up all we owned 

And with my mom and brothers we started for the coast 

And I would count all the clouds on the way 

And you and I would name them while the world around us changed 

And I remember asking if the place we're moving would have more food 

And my mother grew as distant as can be 

and mouthed, "please" 

So I, so tired eyes, pay no mind 

The river of time will drown these days out 

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It was the year just after we stood and watched the sea 

And my mom was smiling 

No longer saying please 

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