Quiet Hollers - Mont Blanc lyrics

I know I planted those seeds down too deep They'll die and never see the sun My fault for that one I was a city boy before No excuses anymore I'll try to learn and to keep us fed Shed a tear for the books I shoulda read And I'd seen all the warning signs On the TV, in the Times But I had you to hold at night And so it took me by surprise We had so many things back then I had a silver Mont Blanc pen I'd write for hours about nothing That makes any difference now And I used to worry what clothes I had on The school recitals and the manicured lawns And I had a laundry-list of people I could count on if it all went wrong... And then the bomb Now I take precautions for my peace of mind I don't know what difference it might make To hang on any longer But I cut the tree across the drive Spend the daylight hours inside Trying to make the place look empty So as no-one comes around I thought I saw them again last night Those same distant headlights Sweeping back and forth across The empty shells of the summer homes And if the ba*tards ever come Promise me you'll take the kids and run I may be weak and I may be frail But I can throw them off your trail And I used to worry what clothes I had on The school recitals and the manicured lawns And I had a laundry-list of people I could count on if it all went wrong... And then the bomb Shed a tear for the books I shoulda read