Nothing Gold Can Stay

Yesterday was really hard and today was really hard and I bet tomorrow will be too.

And I'm not really sure if next week will be any better.

I got a phone call today that sent me to my knees and whole lot of hidden stares.

My papa told me to keep my chin up but two weeks is a long time

when all your heart's got is half a tank and pocket change.

There's a reason people don't make eye contact here,

I just wish you would be more broken up about it.

 I wish you could see how broken up I am about it.

How broken up she is about him even though they're trying to hide it.

I wish you could see how broken down I am.

How broken down everyone is cause even though they were trying to prepare us,

there's no way of predicting the number of casualties.

Statistically it's a lot.
Hopefully, not that many.

I told myself I didn't want to mention the word love.

Especially when you were standing there in your baseball shirt.

Showing the definition of "ruthless" for everyone to see.

I told myself.

But you had your fingers crossed behind your back.

I finally got the stains out of my favorite dress
And papa can't see this from his side of the mountain.

"Keep your chin up goose. There's enough stars to keep wishing"