Hard Candy
On certain Sundays in NovemberWhen the weather bothers meI empty drawers of other summersWhere my shadows used to beAnd she is standing by the waterAs her smile begins to curlIn this or any other summerShe is something all together differentNever just an ordinary girl
And in the evenings on Long IslandWhen the colors start to fadeShe wears a silly yellow hatThat someone gave her when she stayedI didn’t think that she returned itWe left New York in a whirlTime expands and then contractsWhen you are spinning in the grip of someoneWho is not an ordinary girl
And when you sleep you find your mother in the nightBut she stays just out of sightSo there isn’t any sweetness in the dreamingAnd when you wake the morning covers you with lightAnd it makes you feel alrightBut it’s just the same hard candy you’reremembering again
You send your lover off to ChinaAnd you wait for her to callYou put your girl up on a pedestalThen you wait for her to fallI put my summers back in a letterAnd I hide it from the worldAll the regrets you can’t forgetAre somehow pressed upon a pictureIn the face of such an ordinary girl
And when you sleep you find your mother in the nightBut she fades just out of sightSo there isn’t any sweetness in the dreamingAnd when you wakeThe morning showers you with lightAnd it makes you feel alrightBut it’s just the same hard candy you’re remembering again