The Gift
The Gift
I brought you gift
Inside of a shoe box Aah Aah Oo
The sign said "Welcome to Music Town"
But that's the place where my life broke down
I didn’t know where the darkness would end
Or if the light would begin
She called me up from a coffee shop
You know the one at the Belmont stop
She said, “It sounds like you could use a friend I brought a gift for you…”
She put a ribbon on an old shoe box
I could heard the tick of a pocket watch
She said, “All the time you need's in your hands”
A matchbox To burn away all of the ghosts
And Sage for the ones That haunt you the most
And a cocktail umbrella for a rainy day
And a blue bird's feather If you need to fly away
They were just trinkets from an old thrift shop
I tried to say thank you, but my voice got caught
‘Cause every treasure she revealed
Played out my life like a movie reel
She put a ribbon on an old shoe box
With a roll of coins for a jukebox
Springsteen’s a quarter away
And here's a postcard
So you’re never far from home
Of a little girl holding a pinecone
Somewhere on the coast of Maine
And there was a mini bottle of scotch She stole from an airplane
Open it up
Open it up
We raised a toast to friendships and ghosts With our coffee cups Hey, Hey
And now I’ve seen an ocean of years roll past
And my memories are like sea glass
But I can still see her hair fall in waves
And I’ll never forget the day
She put a ribbon on an old shoe box
I could smell rose petals and butterscotch
“Sweeter days are coming your way”
There was a top hat
She stole from a Monopoly game
“For the nights you’re toasting with Champagne
And a skeleton key for the doors you put hope in
And there's one for my place, in case you need One that always open”