Hard Bark On The Family Tree - Have Heart

Hard bark on the family tree

October leaves on Massachusetts"trees.

A sight so fleetingly free

Just how October leaves

Just how October leaves

Just how October leaves

Me On fire with the maple trees,

On my knees with these leaves on these Boston streets,

Praying to a god a godforsaken summer night stole

(one night), one fight, one family swallowed whole.

Some things just fall apart

Some families stand like November trees: barren and stark.

Some things just fall apart

Some memories continue breaking this cold heart

And some sons have a hard time

Looking at things the same

Looking in their father"s eyes

When both their heads hang in shame

Highways home become oceans

That I just can"t swim

And the rusty gates of Eden lock

To never let me in.

Let me in Oceans of emotions we"ve got to swim

Well I open my eyes

I can"t see that family

I can"t see that home

So I"ll just keep them closed

Outside the door with these open arms,

With the warmth of the maple tree.

If these trees can"t replaces these scars

Then let their leaves

just bury me Let their leaves just bury me.