the governess

who did you say you were?

i didn't catch your name

falling down to earth

down from a higher plane

oh

it's been decades

say

what did you see?

oh

i've been so lonely

won't you keep me company?

do you remember me?

we met out on the farm

by the fire

you spoke to me

and held me in your arms

the songs you played for me

i long to understand

all along the watchtower

and castles made of sand

when there was a wilderness

we wandered wild and free

guilt

she is the governess that guides me back to grief

what if we were dumb enough to spend eternity

gathering the garbage washed up on the beach?

do you remember me?

we spoke by telephone

the bad connection had a meaning of its own

of all the good and all the stupid shit i've done

the worst was all for me

not hurting anyone

when there was a wilderness

i wandered wild and free

guilt

she is the governess that guides me back to grief

wish that i was old enough to end the century

gather all the garbage washed up on the beach