Come, tie your little ribbons around my neck And I'll tell all of the stories I'm scared to retread Come, sing a little number before we forget All the fun that we had playing pretend You've always been stronger than me You found a drowning dove flapping its wings You jumped into the sea Swallowing salt and anxiety You told me it was God that put you there You've always been stronger than me You found a red cuffed dove and blamed yourself when he died He was only nine You told me God had put you there and never asked why So I'm sorry that the midwest drove me insane I've never cried harder than the day I left you behind Come, tie your little ribbons around my neck And I'll tell all of the stories I'm scared to retread Come, sing a little number before we forget All the fun that we had playing pretend La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da La da da da da da da da Well, look, sometimes special people come into our lives, stay for a bit, and then they have to go But that's sad It is. But the bit where they were here was happy, wasn't it? Yeah. We caught a wild pig together Maybe that makes it all worth it Will I ever see him again? Well, you never know, the world is a magical place