Then I got Mary pregnant
and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse
and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress
She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote
When our love was young and bold
She said last night she read those letters
And they made her feel one hundred years old
Idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We’re idiots, babe
It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves
There’s a letter on the desktop that I dug out of a drawer
The last truce we ever came to
In our adolescent war
And I start to feel the fever
From the warm air through the screen
You come regular like seasons
Shadowing my dreams
Sunshine,
can’t you see I’m not alone, don’t bother me
Sunshine,
pick up your dawn and move on down the street
Sunshine,
Far as I’m concerned I’m where I have to be
Sunshine,
Far as you’re concerned, don’t be concerned for me.
Sunshine came softly through my a-window today
Could’ve tripped out easy a-but I’ve a-changed my ways
It’ll take time, I know it but in a while
You’re gonna be mine, I know it, we’ll do it in style
'Cause I made my mind up you’re going to be mine
You are my sunshine,
My only sunshine.
You make me happy
When skies are gray.
You’ll never know, dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take my sunshine away.
For the man with the badge in the night,
(The man with the badge in the night,
What’s his name?)
Mr. Downtown, Mr. Downtown,
Mr. Downtown, Mr. Downtown…