Ducks on the pond in the morning sun   My head plays a waltz   Cinnamon air   Fills the back room   And the valley between ours      Time on the wall   Where the driveway ends   I shoulder and furrow the wind   Pepper the house with the door knocking brass   But don't really care to get in      The sun goes down and blankets   The town of people that I haven't seen   It wasn't a fight   But I stayed up all night   Figuring out what it means      And I draw myself in the bathroom glass and yell, "I'll be down soon"   The window squares break up the day and ride the afternoon      Ducks on the pond in the morning sun   My head plays a waltz   Cinnamon air   Fills the back room   And the valley between ours      I draw myself in the bathroom glass and yell, "I'll be down soon"   While the window squares break up the day and ride the afternoon      My father's not the sleeping kind   He's often up alone   My mother sleeps heavy awake when she's ready   To answer the living room phone   My sister and I, oh, we sleep steady   But often throughout half the day   My brother, he's gone   But I have to be strong   And I hope that I'll see him someday      And the snow plows go scraping down Hillbury Road   With the light of the moon at their backs   I'm only home for two short days   And I just can't seem to relax      And I draw myself in the bathroom glass and yell, "I'll be down soon"   The window squares break up the day and ride the afternoon      Ducks on the pond in the morning sun   My head plays a waltz