Dolly Varden - Balcony lyrics

Now there are sisters and there are miracles There is proof that nothing lasts There was a cold front, there was a balcony There are pictures from the past You were a string-bean, you were a beaten rug A cigarette in the hand and right through that screen door There was a concrete face showing Slides of the Grand Coulee Dam Can't you smell the ashtrays? Can't you smell the cheap perfume? The beers in giant cans, and every Sunday Before the air-raid bells, your mama's nervous laugh It is a secret, one I will never tell It is stuck beneath my tongue How we were drawn there up to that balcony As dumb as we were young Just like a fountain, just like a waterfall You waited underneath Don't tell the neighbors for crying out loud Till the ambulance is on our street Now there are sisters and there are miracles There is proof that nothing lasts There was a cold front, there was a balcony There are pictures from the past But not one word now, eyes to the ground The past has been replaced No, not one word now, don't make a sound Never one to complain