Cherubs

Running in the sand
 Living on the land
 The salty breeze was in our eyes
 We stood beneath the dragonflies and danced all night
 We polished all the chrome
 On our rusty little home
 We slept all night in parking lots
 We tied our hearts in double knots, so tight
 So free, so right
 Remember when
 We were just cherubs in our tender skin
 Waiting patiently for life to begin
 Flowing so free
 Blowing in the breeze
 The songs we sung so long ago
 With whiskey and an afterglow, we shined like new
 But there along the way
 Something seemed to change
 As weeks turned into months we knew
 As life caught up we slowly grew, apart
 And untied our hearts
 Remember when
 We were just cherubs in our tender skin
 Waiting patiently for life to begin
 The summer went away and the skies went gray
 We slowly ran out of things to say
 The river turned into drought
 Our time was fading out
 Defeated and alone, we returned back home
 Like a bird without a wing who had never flown
 Surrendered to, suspended dreams
 Remember when
 You walked away in the December wind
 I felt the stinging on my pale skin
 I knew that things would never be the same again
 Remember when
 The clouds rolled in and then the sunlight dimmed
 And what will be, it killed what might have been