These Stripes are Bars



Darkness falls I get up its time to go

Stretch my bones don’t know what to do but I know where to go

I make my way just in time to see you close your eyes

You will never know how I need you how I love you so

And while you rest in slumber I am watching through your window

It’s a beautiful, beautiful sight

As the night gets longer I sit in this tree and wonder

will you ever let me through your door

When we were young we were so inseparable

Your parents said you better watch out or he will bite your hand

You let me go drove to the forest and just opened your door

I watched you drive off this dirt road and out of my life

You looked out the window I did my best to try to follow

You lost somewhere out on ocean avenue

Then one night I found you now I sit in this tree and wonder

Will you ever let me through your door

Going home have my mind like I always do

I cross the road paid no attention to the big white lights

I would have never known that tonight would be my last goodbye

You kept me safe and warm had me eating from the palm of your hands

While you rest and slumber I am breathing my last breath

My body lay out all over the road

As the night gets longer this coat wont keep my body warm

but the thought of you gives comfort and joy

I lived a great life

Housed in the trees and the stars have been my canopy

I lived a great life

Held by the most beautiful beautiful being I’ve ever seen