Parachute

I think that smile is shutting down

Or maybe it's just flinching

The sun shot up just like a child

But these old hands are only inching

Would you believe it is my fault

I went and made myself lonely

I miss the way she said my name

Like I was a distant city

Winter came and swept away

The birds nest from my chimney

The cold air marched right through the walls

And settled her in my belly

But her memory keeps me tossing

Those letters into the fire

And the flames they're twisting to substain

A love which has retired

Now New York is not a place I'd choose

To have my body buried

But Omaha has got the trains to take

The snow to the cemetery

There is a place called home i believe

If you're willing to step out of the loop

I miss the way she held on to me

Like I was a parachute