Paper Boats

Little boy in the garden

He is folding those pretty paper boats

He sets them on a lake

And he watches as they float away from him

*Chorus*

Just like you these paper boats

They drift so far away

Out on the horizon setting with

The sunset

Yeah and why, why oh why,

Can't you come back to me

To these ripples I created for you

Little boy in the garden

He takes a stick

And tries to pull those boats back

But they've wandered out of reach

So he just stands at the edge and stares

*Chorus*

Little boy in the garden

He loses interest and finds a new toy

Unlike him I can't turn back

I'd rather stand at the edge and stare

*Chorus*

All those ripples 

Were never meant to chase

Chase you away

Yeah and why, why oh why 

Can't you come back to me

To these ripples I created for you

Little boy in the garden

Wish I could be just, just like him

And walk far away

As far away as you've drifted from me

Little boy in the garden...

- written circa 1999 in the aftermath of a lost friendship