Kevin Johnson - Oleanders lyrics

Oleanders grew here by your gate I well remember They looked so good First day I rode along And the oleanders blew here in the warm winds of September I remember being here with you Making plans all Summer long We were dancing in the big house when someone stopped the music And told us all the fighting had begun And I well remember leaving And you not understanding That a man from Ma**achusetts couldn't wear a Southern gun Oh, Miranda We had our reasons then But like the seasons then they changed And so did you I know, Miranda Our world went mad around us We only did the things we thought we had to do Oleanders grew there on a hill in Pennsylvania I saw them as I lie there on the stones And while these Southern cannons blasted everything around me My mind was back here with you in your Mississippi home And I could almost hear you laughing Feel you walking close beside me See you riding down the road we used to ride And it was hard to fight a war I wasn't sure that I believed in But it was harder when I knew that you were on the other side Oh, Miranda We had our reasons then But like the seasons then they changed And so did I I know, Miranda The war is still between us But we could make it if we gave it one more try Oleanders blossomed in the cool days of November I remember how they'd scatter on the ground And I can almost hear you crying As you came running from the big house I can almost hear the thunder Of the fires that brought it down Oh, Miranda We had all reasons then But like the seasons then they changed, and now they've gone So, Miranda The time has come to live The world will still be going on Long after we are gone