So lay down upon this hospital bed

I’ll stay with you here

My hands can’t stop the bleeding now, the wounds are too severe

But they did what they could for the moment

You left us here with no words

‘Code red’ is what we heard in the room

‘Where’s my little boy?’

Your hands went cold, the air left your lungs -

Too young to say goodbye

Then you died in the cold of November

We’ll always remember

Meet me where the willow’s at

When the sun goes down and our shadows talk back

Don’t you ever talk back - good boys don’t talk back now

Save me tonight from all the ash and debris and get me out of this

It happened too fast - a turn, and a crash

It’s just too late for me

Though you tried you just couldn’t protect me

Don’t ever forget me

Meet me where the willow’s at

When the sun goes down and our shadows talk back

Don’t you ever talk back - good boys don’t talk back now

Meet me with the other kids

Thinking about what our fathers and mothers did

We can never go back - I can never go back

Never going back...

On your lips - the bad gin and old cigarettes

Nowhere to go, we never paid no mind to it

They told us ‘no’, but we’re never going to listen

I hope your listening

Meet me with the other kids thinking about this world