Don’t Ask Me

I drive around these familiar streets
Twenty years and they still call to me 
Pass the woods where we used to roam
You know they tore them down to build more homes

Standing alone now on your back porch
If I listen hard, I can hear your voice
Talking about all the shit we used to do like
Sneaking out in the middle of the night 

And all these things keep flooding back
This bond the years apart couldn’t break
For a while we kind of lost our way
Found ourselves but now you’re gone again

Yeah, that damn dark cloud that fell on you
Is falling down on me. 
I can’t see, I feel so empty.

What do I do with all the memories
I can’t carry them all, it’s too heavy
Please don’t ask me
Don’t ask me

Took a  stroll down to Haight & Ashbury
The same eleven songs playing on repeat
Moved to the Gardens down on Market Street  
This city ain’t what used to be, or maybe it’s just me

Shuffle down to watch the windy bay
The fog is rolling through the Golden Gate
The ships emerge as I try to think
If I told you everything I wanted to say

All these words rushing through my mind
But I know I can’t turn back the time
Whisper my goodbyes to the ocean breeze
To carry it off and far away from me 

Yeah, that damn dark cloud that fell on you
Is falling down on me. 
I can’t see, I feel so empty.

What do I do with all the memories
I can’t carry them all, it’s too heavy
Please don’t ask me
Don’t ask me

Indie folk rock, emotional, deep, vulnerable voicing, powerful refrains.