Cattails

Caroline, Caroline

I never could leave you to struggle

Hold the line, hold the line

I'll be there on the double

In time, in time

Everyone does see trouble

And you don't need to know why when you cry

You don't need to know why

You don't need to know why when you cry

While it ties, while it plays

Goin' back home to the great lakes

Where the cat tail sways

With the lonesome moon

Riding that train in late June

With the windows wide by my side

With the windows wide

With the windows wide by my side

In the clusters fell, like an empty bell

Meteor shower at the motel

Where the empty space is a saving grace

Making good time and doing well

Still the questions seem like Saturn's rings

Maybe she knows, but she won't tell

And you don't need to know why when you cry

You don't need to know why

You don't need to know why when you cry

And I find you there, in your country flair

Middle of the river in a lawn chair

With your wrinkled hands and your silver hair

Leaving you soon, and you know where

To where the Cattail sways

With the lonesome moon

You'll be riding that train in late June

With the windows wide by your side

With the windows wide

With the windows wide by your side

You don't need to know why

You don't need to know why when you cry