Nothing Gold

Buzzed on the back porch Cigarettes and whiskey That's not why you kissed me At least that's what you said Jumped in the river And pulled me in with ya I know how to swim But I'm in over my head I'm waiting on the day When your feelings for me fade Cause I know what they say Nothing gold can stay Nothing gold can stay Early November Rain splits through my sweater You laugh as I shiver Pull me into your chest Your mama says I'm beautiful She's never seen you smile more And I wonder who She's gonna say that to next I'm waiting on the day When your feelings for me fade Cause I know what they say Nothing gold can stay Nothing gold can stay It kills me when I think about The colors bleeding out around us Sinking to the ground about as Slow as I can bare You don't even seem to notice it But I am far too close to it There's little flakes of ember All burning through your hair And you know every lover ever said They would do it better And then pointed out their fingers as The ship was going down You say that you'll never hate me but just Give it time and baby I swear you'll make a list visceral You'll never write it down I'm waiting on the day When your feelings for me fade Cause I know what they say Nothing gold can stay I'm waiting on the day When I wake up to empty space I won't blame it on you babe Nothing gold can stay Nothing gold can stay