Story Behind the Song
Many people want to know where the strong emotion in this song comes from. And, yes, it is based on an experience from my own past, but the events in the song are partly fictional. In reality, I knocked and went inside.
Rick
Lyrics
lost in her palette with purple paint on her nose
she looks out the window, the quiet falling snow
a hand on the gate
i guess it's been a long time
i stand at the door i'd built long long before
oh, she'll say leave me alone
and go on and live your life off on your own
oh, can't you see that i'm home
i've blown about the world but now i'm over the storm
snow falling hard now, i'm frozen to the bone
the steam on the windows belies that it's warm
when we were together we used to sit by the fire
dream huckleberry finn, drink dandelion wine
oh, she'll say leave me alone
and go on and live your life off on your own
oh, now i see i was wrong
i wanted to tell you that and then i'll be gone
i've played this scene out so many times in my dreams
your smiling face there welcoming me
and i think of the tears i'd caused you so long ago
i can't bear to see you cry anymore
oh, she'll say leave me alone
and go on and live your life off on your own
oh, won't you please hear my song
my hands in my pockets and then i'll be gone
oh, don't you leave me alone...
i wonder what she'll think
those fading footsteps at her door
turning in the snow and fading into no more
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