Paper House

We lended our heavy hearts Motors with broken parts We had a deck of cards, it was a start We'd sit out in the sun And wait for our skin to turn You would ask for truth And I'd look for something to burn, burn Oh, we walked in a hallowed place back then On the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June Oh, to live in a paper house again Where we grew by the light of the moon Often we took the train The sky pacing white to grey When you or I would leave And the other would stay And we were all that we had And breathed in each others words I would ask for truth And you'd look for something to burn, burn Oh, we walked in a hallowed place back then On the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June Oh, to live in a paper house again Where we grew by the light of the moon You were much younger then Younger than I am now I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow I still keep as much an eye as the wires allow Oh, we walked in a hallowed place back then On the edge of Dublin, the edge of May and June Oh, to live in a paper house again Where we grew by the light of the moon Oh, you know what you are to me And you know you will always be