Ducks on the pond in the morning sun My head plays a waltz Cinnamon air Fills the back room And the valley between ours Time on the wall Where the driveway ends I shoulder and furrow the wind Pepper the house with the door-knocking bra** But don't really care to get in The sun goes down and blankets The town of people that I haven't seen It wasn't a fight But I stayed up all night Figuring out what it means And I draw myself in the bathroom gla** and yell ‘I'll be down soon' The window squares break up the day and ride the afternoon Ducks on the pond in the morning sun My head plays a waltz Cinnamon air Fills the back room And the valley between ours I draw myself in the bathroom gla** and yell ‘I'll be down soon' While the window squares break up the day and ride the afternoon My father's not the sleeping kind He's often up alone My mother sleeps heavy awake when she's ready To answer the living room phone My sister and I, oh, we sleep steady But often throughout half the day My brother, he's gone But I have to be strong And I hope that I'll see him someday And the snow-plows go scraping down Hillbury Road With the light of the moon at their backs I'm only home for two short days And I just can't seem to relax And I draw myself in the bathroom gla** and yell ‘I'll be down soon' The window squares break up the day and ride the afternoon Ducks on the pond in the morning sun My head plays a waltz