when your father died   in the water in the morning   he had said goodbye   because you felt him pass right through your skin      it was your birthday the next day   but he kept it away so we didn't have to wait   when i'm on a plane i'll think of you   and what you're doing when you go to school   because i don't see you much   i don't see you much      you have a brother and a younger sister   but they'll come to the house if we keep them out   holidays and funerals and birthdays when we're told   tell them who can spend the most on your class next fall      but i have no brother, just a younger sister   but we'll sleep in the same house   until she wants me out      but we don't see them much   we don't see you much