G                 F
Baby shoes on the sidewalk
F                c                         F
They're playing hopscotch in the dents we left in the concrete
G                              F
Never wore those moccasins you got me for my birthday
C                                 F                                      G
Wasted all the gift card money on toys and games and other things that break


[Chorus]
G                     F
Even then I sensed an emptiness in winter
         C                                F
When the creek froze in December, I could feel myself getting older
G                     F                               C
Maybe it was the soft decay, brittle branches finally breaking
                               G
That showed me time outside my understanding


[Verse 2]
G                         F
It's not like Michigan in spring
                            C                      F
When they find the kids who went out wandering and didn't make it home
G                     F                               C
Still I feel a little death in the shorter days, when dinner's on the table
        F                                     G
Getting cold and no one cares to pick up the plates


[Chorus]
G                  F
Even now I see the dollhouse, perfect still
                                  C
In all its little ways, though it exists I cannot place it
G                    F
And I witnessed its decay, solace healing when it caved in
          C                                G
When I go back, I have to dig it out from ruin


[Outro]
G
Little boots turning up when snow washes away
    F
Got power tools in the truck for the elusive someday
       C
We can sweep the streets, clean it up
                      F             C                       G
But everything that's coming up was supposed to have gone away