White Hinterland

White Hinterland - Dreaming Of The Plum Trees lyrics

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Upstairs the neighbors are moving in<br />

Hammering nails into their beds<br />

You can hear them falling in love again<br />

Three times this evening<br />

<br />

While we were asleep in bed<br />

Jealous of how they were so content<br />

Jealous of the money they spent<br />

Three times this evening<br />

<br />

She was born in New Orleans<br />

He made his money on Long Island<br />

Out on Montauk<br />

Sold used cars and paved parking lots<br />

<br />

They bought a cigarette boat<br />

And then they bought a truck<br />

To pull the cigarette boat<br />

From lot to lot, lot to lot<br />

<br />

Oh, but I saw their girl Ruthie<br />

She was running through the streets in her bare feet<br />

Someone ought to be ashamed<br />

Someone ought to<br />

Someone ought to be ashamed<br />

<br />

Their daughter stepped on glass again<br />

Her foot bled red as dye<br />

Through the floorboards<br />

Through the floor, through the floor<br />

Through the floorboards<br />

<br />

You could hear her crying<br />

You could hear his hand drop<br />

They split the estate up<br />

It was against the law<br />

It was against the law<br />

<br />

Oh, but I saw their girl Ruthie<br />

She was running through the streets in her bare feet<br />

Someone ought to be ashamed<br />

Someone ought to<br />

Someone ought to be ashamed<br />

<br />

But we were dreaming of the plum trees<br />

We were just dreaming of getting by<br />

Getting by, getting by, getting by<br />

<br />

We were dreaming of making ends meet<br />

We were just dreaming of just getting by<br />

Getting by, getting by, getting by<br />

<br />

I fell in love again tonight<br />

My heart bled red as dye through the floorboards<br />

Through the floor, through the floor<br />

Through the floorboards<br />

<br />

While they tried to sleep in bed<br />

Jealous of how they were so content<br />

Jealous of the money they spent<br />

Three times this evening<br />

Three times this evening<br />

<br />

Oh, and I saw their girl Ruthie<br />

She was running through the streets in her bare feet<br />

Someone ought to be ashamed<br />

Someone ought to<br />

Someone ought to be ashamed<br />

<br />

But we were dreaming of the plum trees<br />

We were just dreaming of getting by<br />

<br />

Oh we were dreaming of making ends meet<br />

Oh we were just dreaming of just getting by<br />

Getting by, getting by, getting by<br />

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