"The Woman Who Raised Me" lyrics

There's a cold wind blowing in from the east
A voice in my head telling me
"Inside till your hair's dry unless you wanna be in the hospital"

A pair of green eyes in which I can do no wrong
A punchline the first time that I got stoned
"Oh baby, he's happy on a farm with a bone and a stable"

And they'll be songs I'd like to hear but can't anymore
They'll be names and heights and years on the frame of the door
And when you're gone you will never leave
For as long as I'm here you'll be
The woman who raised me

There ain't a demon you haven't been able to shake
Kinships you've mended you didn't break
There's a night in July when you said I ain't done living

And they'll be songs I'd like to hear but can't anymore
They'll be names and heights and years on the frame of the door
And when you're gone you will never leave
For as long as I'm here you'll be
The woman who raised me

And they'll be times I'd like to call but can't anymore
So I'll let them write on the walls and paint on the floors
Cause when you're gone you will never leave
For as long as I'm here you'll be
The woman who raised me

There's a cold wind blowing in through the leaves
Of an oak tree stood standing since I was three
There's a child with your smile and an empty seat
At the table