Ashes

My heart was beating like a bully on the smallest in our class
 Chasing you 'round the playground through the sandbox and the grass
 I'm still haunted by your memory and echo of your laughs
 You took my hand and showed me how to see
 Ashes, ashes all fall down
 I was lost but now I'm found
 Merry, merry we go around
 And ashes, ashes all fall down, hey
 Highlight reels from our wonder years playing re-runs in my mind
 And behind the eyelids, they helped you pass the time
 You've always been a beauty, baby
 But nothing can compare
 To seeing you standing there with flowers in your hair
 Runs barefoot beneath the stars to a Neil Young tune
 Fireworks flamed down from a July moon
 And we sang baby
 Ashes, ashes all fall down
 I was lost but now I'm found
 Merry, merry we go around
 It's ashes, ashes all fall down, hey
 (Aaaaaaaaahhhhh)
 (Aaaaaaaaahhhhh)
 All these years I still hear your whispering in the wind
 Calling me to come back here to where it all began
 I hope somewhere from the other side,
 You're free from all the pain
 I wiped away a tear with a wrinkled hand
 And sing one last refrain
 Ashes, ashes
 (Ashes, ashes)
 Ashes, ashes
 (Ashes, ashes)
 Ashes, ashes
 (Ashes, ashes)
 Oh Ashes, ashes
 (Ashes, ashes)
 Ashes, ashes
 They all fall down