Olivia

<br>He left home when she was seventeen<br>We came back to see her<br>She was older cold and even mean<br>Not like we remembered<br><br>Out along the old road<br>Where the Indian Paintbrush grows<br>She began to cry and said she wanted us to know<br><br>There were hard times<br>When the family was broken<br>There were hard times<br>Then she lit up a smoke and said<br><br>Gonna open up my umbrella and keep it off of me<br>It`s so easy to go somewhere<br>But so hard to leave<br>I move far away and still the memories find me there<br>When I hear the clock and see the dust come off the chair<br><br>There were hard times<br>I don`t wanna remember<br>There were hard times<br>And I don`t want to see ya<br><br>Let the wind and white sheet blow through the room<br>I can live with the ghosts but not with you<br>It was never so easy saying goodbye<br><br>Sitting at a bus stop<br>Waiting for euphoria<br>I`ve heard so much bad news today<br>I don`t think I can take anymore<br>Of the hard times<br>Shadows on the horizon<br>All the hard times<br>Rusty glow in the sunriseOlivia<br><br>Lights on the river bridge roll to the water`s edge<br>Filling the harbor with halos<br>The night was cold and black when they were walking back<br>He held her hand in the shadows<br><br>My favorite<br>There is so much more to see<br>Why stay behind<br>When you could go on with me?<br><br>Icicle centuries burst into gentle breeze<br>Somewhere a curse has been lifted<br>She turned around in her chair and he touched her hair<br>And the universe shifted<br><br>My favorite<br>There is so much more to see<br>Why stay behind<br>When you could go on with me?<br><br>Olivia<br>Why don`t you let your heart come home?<br>Olivia<br>Leave those wild young boys alone<br><br>Out on the stormy cliff silvery waters lift<br>High with a wild wind behind them<br>Vaporous rippling like a drug or a dream<br>Eyes in the lamplight were shining<br><br>My favorite<br>There is so much more to see<br>Why stay behind<br>When you could go off with me?<br><br>Olivia<br>Won`t you let your heart come home?<br>Olivia<br>Leave those wild young boys alone