The Wonder Years - Oldest Daughter lyrics

You drift in with the wind and use
A library computer to check in
"You can't sleep at the table, ma'am
You're scaring the kids"
And the fall's getting cold
You try to catch salt air in an envelope
So you can send it home
Sit by the bay alone
Sun on your skin

Another day up in flames
Another cop that knows your name
These assholes always sound the same

Madelyn, I don't think that
I'll see you again
Madelyn, I love you
But we both know how this ends
Madelyn, the tide is coming in

You pull out a cig
Imagine the air in your lungs as gasoline
Light the fucker up, some people
Get all the luck
But some gotta live
I can't find an address
Nobody seems to know where you're living at
I got you a birthday gift
And I wanna send it with pictures of my kids

Another day up in flames
Another year that looks the same

Madelyn, I don't think that
I'll see you again
Madelyn, I love you but we
Both know how this ends
Madelyn, I heard that the tide is coming in
You're lost in the gray
With two broken legs
Trying to swim

(Madelyn) Watch the clouds
(Madelyn) Empty out
(Madelyn) Flood the ground

(Madelyn) Try to sleep
(Madelyn) In the steam
(Madelyn) From the street

Madelyn, I don't think that
I'll see you again
Madelyn, I love you but we
Both know how this ends
Madelyn, I heard that the tide is coming in
You're lost in the gray
With two broken legs
Trying to swim