"Dear Girl In The Garage" lyrics
The Cast of The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry & Passenger Lyrics
(from "The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry" soundtrack)
Dear girl in the garage
I owe you the full story
Years ago I buried my son
I found him hanging where he'd hung
Himself out like an old pair of jeans
It's the worst thing that I've ever seen
And the first thing I see when I dream
So I don't do much sleeping now
I just keep wondering how
I lost the only thing I can't replace
Silently screaming in space
And it destroyed our marriage
Threw it from the top story
Maureen couldn't leave the house
She just stood there looking out
Through curtains like he'd be home soon
And the worst thing was that I knew
She'd see him in all that I do
She'd see him in the way I walked
And hear him in the words I'd talk
And catch him in the shadows of my face
We went silently drifting through space
Then there was Queenie
She said I shouldn't take the blame
She was kind and strong and all the things I lack
She helped me carry the heaviest burden
That a father can have upon his back
And I never thanked her for that
But I searched for courage
Like my father did before me
In the bottom of a whiskey glass
Spiralling and spinning fast
And bleeding out with every drink they'd pour me
It was the worst way to deal with my pain
But the first thing that I turned to
That didn't turn away
Then one night when I was drunk and hurt
I vandalised my place of work
And lay down broken and disgraced
Wishing I could vanish in to space
Harold, Harold come on
I want you to listen to me very carefully
What you did is serious, it's really serious
Nate will kill you for this!
So go, okay?
Go right now
I'll take the blame
You've been through enough
Dear girl in the garage
Now you know the full story
Months ago, I left my home
To walk to Queenie all alone
Not for love
I've only ever loved my wife
But she saved me long ago, and that is why
I knew I had to go, I had to try
And I never would have walked
If we never had have talked
And the sun wouldn't have shone through the cracks
And I'd just like to thank you
For that
I owe you the full story
Years ago I buried my son
I found him hanging where he'd hung
Himself out like an old pair of jeans
It's the worst thing that I've ever seen
And the first thing I see when I dream
So I don't do much sleeping now
I just keep wondering how
I lost the only thing I can't replace
Silently screaming in space
And it destroyed our marriage
Threw it from the top story
Maureen couldn't leave the house
She just stood there looking out
Through curtains like he'd be home soon
And the worst thing was that I knew
She'd see him in all that I do
She'd see him in the way I walked
And hear him in the words I'd talk
And catch him in the shadows of my face
We went silently drifting through space
Then there was Queenie
She said I shouldn't take the blame
She was kind and strong and all the things I lack
She helped me carry the heaviest burden
That a father can have upon his back
And I never thanked her for that
But I searched for courage
Like my father did before me
In the bottom of a whiskey glass
Spiralling and spinning fast
And bleeding out with every drink they'd pour me
It was the worst way to deal with my pain
But the first thing that I turned to
That didn't turn away
Then one night when I was drunk and hurt
I vandalised my place of work
And lay down broken and disgraced
Wishing I could vanish in to space
Harold, Harold come on
I want you to listen to me very carefully
What you did is serious, it's really serious
Nate will kill you for this!
So go, okay?
Go right now
I'll take the blame
You've been through enough
Dear girl in the garage
Now you know the full story
Months ago, I left my home
To walk to Queenie all alone
Not for love
I've only ever loved my wife
But she saved me long ago, and that is why
I knew I had to go, I had to try
And I never would have walked
If we never had have talked
And the sun wouldn't have shone through the cracks
And I'd just like to thank you
For that
