Down to You - Matt McAndrew

I’m walkin' with regret

That we haven’t grown up yet

And that no one knows how to act

The cozy corner store

Is a breath away from my door

And the angels are always at my back

You asked me for some change

As I shivered in the rain

And the flowers were blooming once again

Figurines on windowsills

Frozen as we swallow pills

I hope the medicine don’t pull me down to you

Down to you

Where no mother ever cooks

Yes down to you

Where your life’s an open book

Down to you where charity is kept at bay

Down to you where everybody walks away

In winter when it snows

We look just like Eskimos

And the cars are frozen to the street

In summer we go home

Where the island breezes blow

And we stamp the sand with our bare feet

I promised you a sweater

As to make your living better

And to stop the chatter of your teeth

But if my soul don’t sell soon

Beneath the pale blue icy moon

I might bite right through this silver spoon

And go down to you

Where your heart is tried and true

Yes down to you

Where you’re missing both your shoes

Down to you where you count pennies and you pray

Down to you with broken eyes where bodies lay