I'm walkin' with regret That we haven't grown up yet And that no one knows how to act The cozy corner store Is a breath away from my door And the angels are always at my back You asked me for some change As I shivered in the rain And the flowers were blooming once again Figurines on windowsills Frozen as we swallow pills I hope the medicine don't pull me down to you Down to you Where no mother ever cooks Yes down to you Where your life's an open book Down to you where charity is kept at bay Down to you where everybody walks away In winter when it snows We look just like Eskimos And the cars are frozen to the street In summer we go home Where the island breezes blow And we stamp the sand with our bare feet I promised you a sweater As to make your living better And to stop the chatter of your teeth But if my soul don't sell soon Beneath the pale blue icy moon I might bite right through this silver spoon And go down to you Where your heart is tried and true Yes down to you Where you're missing both your shoes Down to you where you count pennies and you pray Down to you with broken eyes where bodies lay