Come, tie your little ribbons around my neck
And I'll tell all of the stories I'm scared to retread
Come, sing a little number before we forget
All the fun that we had playing pretend

You've always been stronger than me
You found a drowning dove flapping its wings
You jumped into the sea
Swallowing salt and anxiety
You told me it was God that put you there

You've always been stronger than me
You found a red cuffed dove and blamed yourself when he died
He was only nine
You told me God had put you there and never asked why
So I'm sorry that the midwest drove me insane
I've never cried harder than the day I left you behind

Come, tie your little ribbons around my neck
And I'll tell all of the stories I'm scared to retread
Come, sing a little number before we forget
All the fun that we had playing pretend

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Well, look, sometimes special people come into our lives, stay for a bit, and then they have to go
But that's sad
It is. But the bit where they were here was happy, wasn't it?
Yeah. We caught a wild pig together
Maybe that makes it all worth it
Will I ever see him again?
Well, you never know, the world is a magical place

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