The same morning you told me about your religion

You pulled your church white stockings up over unshaven legs

You told me about nine planets, like levels of heaven

You said no one would notice the hair sticking up through the nylon

I saw it reach for the sun

A fake future that could never end (we were so young)

We just wanted to start a band

We broke up and next thing you were dead

I never said goodbye, still there’s nothing to regret

Would you be married with kids?

Still live in Tennessee?

Would you hate this band I’m in

Or understand what it means?

I had a beer with Beth and you never came up

It makes me feel ugly how easy forgetting was

I saw you reach for the sun

And still there’s nothing to regret

We were so young

I see you, fiery redhead

I will not soon forget