Everlasting Light

I was lying on the floor of the playground

You were chasing off a kid with a greyhound

I remember thinking you're the coolest girl I know

You were swinging from the seating rafters

It fell around you in a halo of plaster

I don't go to hospitals, I let you go alone

I had my reasons at the time

I had my reasons at the time

Something in the state of mind

Oh, everlasting light

Why's your father always calling me out, yeah

There's a saying in the English South

"You have to put your mind in gear before you drive your mouth"

I got to thinking of [?]

I found the powder in the funeral house

I know that blessed conjugal, I could not be alone

I had my reasons at the time

I had my reasons at the time

Something in the state of mind

I had my reasons at the time

I had my reasons at the time

Something in the state of mind

Oh, everlasting light

I had my reasons at the time

I had my reasons at the time

Something in the state of mind

I had my reasons at the time

I had my reasons, yeah

Something in the state of mind

Oh, everlasting light