Candace
by And Also the Trees
From the album: (Listen For) The Rag and Bone Man
Duration: 3:58
Lyrics for Candace
I was watching my sister Trying back her hair She kicked of her shoes and left them there Beneath the slender trees In the dry heart-shaped yellow leaves And Caddy says Don't touch me don't touch mee But not to me as she's lying With her head on my knees The sound on the roof then suddenly she's Not with me anymore And the shapes slide bighter than before And Caddy says Don't touch me don't touch me As she stands with her back Pressed up to the wall She pushes him away and the honeysuckle falls And rises over him In the grey light movement of her skin And Caddy says Goddamn you goddamn you I was watching my sister Closing her eyes As the firelight turns and the Firelight died But Caddy smells of trees As she lies sleeping next to me And Caddy says