There we climbed
To pass the time
In the rain and sunshine
Inside the rhododendron
We fall and laugh
Get scrapes and gash
Burn our skin from a rash
Inside the rhododendron
We made a plan
To stay there and
Never to leave hand in hand
But we still got older
Let's stop to say goodbye
To the youth, I left behind
Oh, what a sad demise
Dissipating into our lives
Singing songs lazily
To birds all around me
While you sneak back after midnight
I would see you in the lane
You always talked rather tame
Told me you were doing alright
I saw you years later
Sitting on the train
You were doing your make up
In the window pane
I went over to say hi
But you barely recognized me
The world gave you tracks
For all to see
Told me you were going to work
What work you wouldn't say
I wish we never left the rhododendron that day
And I now hang around
Roaches there on the ground
Underneath the rhododendron
