Iron & Wine - Belated Promise Ring lyrics

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Sunday morning my Rebekahs sleeping in with me again <br>

There's a kid outside the church kickin' a can <br>

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When the ceder branchs twist she turns her collar to the wind <br>

The weather can close the world within it's hands <br>

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And my mother says Rebekah is as stubborn as the come <br>

They both call me to with words I never knew <br>

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There's a bug inside the thimble theres a band aid on her thumb <br>

And a pony in the river turning blue <br>

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They say time may give you more then your poor bones could ever take <br>

My Rebekah says she never wants a boy <br>

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To be barefoot on the driveway as they wave and ride away <br>

And to run inside and curse the open door <br>

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I once gave to my Rebekah a belated promise ring <br>

And she sold it to the waitress one a train <br>

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I may find her by the phone booth with a fashion magazine <br>

She may kiss me when her girlfriends leave again <br>

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They say time may give you more then your poor bones could ever take <br>

I think I could never love another girl <br>

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To be free atop a tree stump and to look the other way <br>

While she shines my mothers imitation pearls <br>

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Sunday evening, my Rebeka's lost a book she never read <br>

And the moon fell into the sea <br>

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So the statues of our fathers in the courthouse flowerbed <br>

Now they bend with all the lighting tattered trees <br>

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They say time may give you more then your poor bones could ever take <br>

My Rebekah said she knew I'd want a boy <br>

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A dollar for my boardwalk red balloon to float away <br>

She would earn a pocketful to buy me more<br>

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