The Possum Song

Sometimes I sit and wonder
About this spell that I'm under
Days are getting longer
I just can't pretend
That you're coming home soon
You're like a bird in the wind
The nights turn to winter
Since you've been away

The lonely teardrops I shed for you
Have lost all meaning
As days stretch to months
When did you decide
You would find a new path?
How did you come to know
That ours would be lost?

You cannot see I'm an opossum
The days with you have left me
Hanging by a branch
Why can't you see that I am upside down
Forever in doubt and hanging by my tail

The summer nights
Have left me standing cold
My heart is broken
Darling don't you know
I saw you walking far away
I want to tell darling
Please stay

But in your heart I'm just another pest
Your feelings for me before
Are now your regret
It will never again
Be like it was back then
So I'll lie down and play dead
Then crawl back to my den

You cannot see I'm an opossum
The days with you have left me
Hanging by a branch
Why can't you see that I am upside down
Forever in doubt and hanging by my tail

I remember standing by the road
Watching the lights rushing by
Wishing I was home
On the other side was love
I wanted it so bad
Dared to cross
Held my breath and ran

But we all know how that was going to end
I didn't have the skill or strength
I needed to survive
My heart was crushed and shredded to a pulp
Thrown to the side of life
I'll never try again

You cannot see I'm an opossum
The days with you have left me
Hanging by a branch
Why can't you see that I am upside down
Forever in doubt and hanging by my tail

You cannot see I'm an opossum
The days with you have left me
Hanging by a branch
Why can't you see that I am upside down
Forever in doubt and hanging by my tail

You cannot see I'm an opossum
The days with you have left me
Hanging by a branch
Why can't you see that I am upside down
Forever in doubt and hanging by my tail