Chartiers

The Essex Green

You were down when I met you, but

Deep in your eyes

I could see the sign

Of a thousand drummers drumming,

And a hundred singers singing songs of love.

Whatever they knew about it

Love

Whatever it meant to them

So we all met up after school

And you took us home into your room

You'd skip class and drummed all day

So I put my books down and picked up a camera

Was it you that I filmed?

Upon

The eight millimeter

You'd run

And I followed

I've stayed and you've gone

She was in Chicago where the streets are paved

With all those names

Of our heroes and our dreams

We tried

But the house was razed

And left an empty lot

I know that you won't cry about it

Hiding

Hiding the tears in your eyes

You'd run

And I followed,

I've stayed and you've gone

Snow will fall

In late October

The nights are darker without you here.