We left the red boots to wander Catherine Avenue   Cracker crumbs beneath the couch had a better view   We stumbled and sailed on over brackish water      New roses dry inside of a vacant house   We creep quietly by like a Christmas mouse   I remember walks to Elizabeth's or the Parkway Drugs      Mother's closet above the splintered floors   The holidays the dolls you gave still we went away   Henry don't you know that you are a friend of mine   Henry you are a friend of mine      Half of the time   Give me half of the time      Water runs upstairs on Dennis Lane   Out of the tub and over piano strings that rust   Lake Michigan turns red brown like iodine   There are one thousand ways that you can say goodbye   But Henry didn't you know that she was a friend of mine   Henry she was a friend of mine      And it goes   And it goes   Let it go   Will you let it go      We left the red boots to wander Catherine Avenue      There's a low flying bird with its ear to the ground   From our house to your house through May flowers    burnt grass and the cricket sound   A streetlight turns on because nightfall is near   And the low flying bird will soon disappear