Evergreen Cassette (Tape Mix)

If I mistook the sun for a mango

I'd fly up there and reach for it too

It's the story of something older

And bigger than me and you

And you told it in a letter

In the form of an evergreen cassette

And I played it in the morning

Till after the sun would set

See mother, I believe

That half of everything I hear is true

Between you and me

I believe the anecdotes too

If time, time could be bent

With the drop of a tear

You'd see it rained in our house for a year

This is the sound of the beating you'd hear

On the tapes,  we've taped over

All of our hopes and our fears

The open verandah's been flooding for years

I always hope that I'd see you here

In the verandah, in the midnight heat

Cousins and I would wait for the rains

Singing sings about America

And then the first drops came

So don't worry, even though you were

Oceans and continents away

I heard evergreen hits, lullabies, and everything

You had to sing

See mother, I believe

That half of everything I hear is true

Between you and me

I believe the anecdotes too

If they get you through

If time, time could be bent

With the drop of a tear

You'd see it rained in our house for a year

And this is the sound of the beating you'd hear

On the tapes, we've taped over

All of our hopes and our fears

The open verandah's been flooding for years

I always hope that I'd see you here

But time, time can't be bent

With the drop of a tear

And though you say you missed out all of those years

Your voice on the tapes always kept us near

See mother, I believe

That half of everything I hear is true

Between you and me

I believe in everything you do