Hem - Great Houses Of New York lyrics

In the fall Shattered from the coming cold Buried in the marigolds By the garden wall Fast asleep Safe behind the window shades Dreaming of the Palisades Where we used to meet And we are not the same now Everything is wrong Waving as the train goes So long One more year Painting over famous words Overgrown with chimney birds Rising through the air I can see Roman candles in a row Light 'em up and let 'em go And they shoot across the trees, And fall behind the gate Just like you and me Back when we were great