Eighteen Fifty-Five

He left seaside dasies on her porch
 every day for weeks until she showed
 There he was waiting with horse and carriage
 would marriage be further down the road
 Well he took her hand, he took the reigns without a plan
 and he found that they were moving toward the sea
 the smell of the ocean was liquor-less potion
 it filled them as they fell so carelessly
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 la-de da-de daaaa
 woah that's my mom and pa on the wall, smiling
 and that's the only photo ever taken of them
 there they old, and though they are grey,
 that's only a moment in a lifetime of days
 and nobody brought a camera
 on their wedding day
 nobody captured the range of emotion
 and colors as the sun set on the bay
 and they don't have proof of their anxious youth
 how they threw themselves together in giddy haste
 they can only remember that day in september
 the jitters and the daisies and the lace
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 la-de da-de daaaa
 woah that's my mom and pa on the wall, smiling
 and that's the only photo ever taken of them
 there they old, and though they are grey,
 that's only a moment in a lifetime of days
 and in eighteen fifty-five I was born into their lives
 eyes as wide and blue as the atlantic
 i have a picture in my mind, a tiny dress out on the line
 he called her mama, and she thought it was romantic
 a storm came upon our silk and I was cryin' inside for milk
 she ran to me while he pulled down the laundry
 and for all the rain and tears we would face in family years
 i got a thousand happy pictures
 i got a thousand happy pictures with me
 oh i got a thousand happy pictures with me
 oh that's my mom and pa on the wall, smiling
 and that's the only photo ever taken of them
 there they old, and though they are grey,
 that's only a moment in a lifetime of days
 that's only a moment in a lifetime of days