Evergreen Cassette
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โฑ๏ธ 3:41 duration
๐ ID: 9468381
๐ Lyrics
If I mistook
The sun for a mango,
I'd fly up there and reach for it too.
It's the story of something older,
And bigger than me and you.
And you told it
In a letter,
In the form of an evergreen cassette.
And I played it,
In the morning,
Till after the sun would set.
(Refrain)
See, mother I believe,
That half of everything I hear is true.
Between you and me,
I believe the anecdotes too.
In the verandah,
In the midnight heat,
Cousins and I would wait for the rains.
Singing songs about America
And then the first drops came.
So don't worry
Even though you were,
Oceans and continents away,
I had evergreen hits, lullabies,
And everything you had to sing.
See, mother I believe,
That half of everything I hear is true.
Between you and me,
I believe the anecdotes too.
If they get you through.
If time, time could be bent with the drop of a tear,
You'd see it rain in our house for a year,
This is the sound of the beating you'd hear.
All the tapes we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears,
The open verandah's been flooding for years
I always hope that I'd see you here.
But time, time can't be bent with the drop a tear,
And though you say you missed out all of those years,
Your voice on the tapes always kept us near.
(Refrain)
See, mother I believe,
That half of everything I hear is true.
Between you and me,
I believe in everything you do.
The sun for a mango,
I'd fly up there and reach for it too.
It's the story of something older,
And bigger than me and you.
And you told it
In a letter,
In the form of an evergreen cassette.
And I played it,
In the morning,
Till after the sun would set.
(Refrain)
See, mother I believe,
That half of everything I hear is true.
Between you and me,
I believe the anecdotes too.
In the verandah,
In the midnight heat,
Cousins and I would wait for the rains.
Singing songs about America
And then the first drops came.
So don't worry
Even though you were,
Oceans and continents away,
I had evergreen hits, lullabies,
And everything you had to sing.
See, mother I believe,
That half of everything I hear is true.
Between you and me,
I believe the anecdotes too.
If they get you through.
If time, time could be bent with the drop of a tear,
You'd see it rain in our house for a year,
This is the sound of the beating you'd hear.
All the tapes we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears,
The open verandah's been flooding for years
I always hope that I'd see you here.
But time, time can't be bent with the drop a tear,
And though you say you missed out all of those years,
Your voice on the tapes always kept us near.
(Refrain)
See, mother I believe,
That half of everything I hear is true.
Between you and me,
I believe in everything you do.
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:12.22] If I mistook
[00:14.41] The sun for a mango,
[00:16.96] I'd fly up there and reach for it too.
[00:21.47] It's the story of something older,
[00:25.96] And bigger than me and you.
[00:30.42] And you told it
[00:32.17] In a letter,
[00:34.92] In the form of an evergreen cassette.
[00:40.10] And I played it,
[00:41.24] In the morning,
[00:44.02] Till after the sun would set.
[00:47.28] (Refrain)
[00:48.79] See, mother I believe,
[00:51.91] That half of everything I hear is true.
[00:56.62] Between you and me,
[00:59.42] I believe the anecdotes too.
[01:06.23] In the verandah,
[01:08.50] In the midnight heat,
[01:11.29] Cousins and I would wait for the rains.
[01:15.17] Singing songs about America
[01:20.07] And then the first drops came.
[01:24.14] So don't worry
[01:26.02] Even though you were,
[01:29.08] Oceans and continents away,
[01:33.31] I had evergreen hits, lullabies,
[01:38.02] And everything you had to sing.
[01:42.25] See, mother I believe,
[01:45.45] That half of everything I hear is true.
[01:50.32] Between you and me,
[01:53.85] I believe the anecdotes too.
[02:00.08] If they get you through.
[02:06.24] If time, time could be bent with the drop of a tear,
[02:11.37] You'd see it rain in our house for a year,
[02:16.15] This is the sound of the beating you'd hear.
[02:23.99] All the tapes we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears,
[02:29.52] The open verandah's been flooding for years
[02:34.26] I always hope that I'd see you here.
[02:59.98] But time, time can't be bent with the drop a tear,
[03:05.56] And though you say you missed out all of those years,
[03:10.27] Your voice on the tapes always kept us near.
[03:15.40] (Refrain)
[03:16.97] See, mother I believe,
[03:21.23] That half of everything I hear is true.
[03:25.70] Between you and me,
[03:29.18] I believe in everything you do.
[03:33.36]
[00:14.41] The sun for a mango,
[00:16.96] I'd fly up there and reach for it too.
[00:21.47] It's the story of something older,
[00:25.96] And bigger than me and you.
[00:30.42] And you told it
[00:32.17] In a letter,
[00:34.92] In the form of an evergreen cassette.
[00:40.10] And I played it,
[00:41.24] In the morning,
[00:44.02] Till after the sun would set.
[00:47.28] (Refrain)
[00:48.79] See, mother I believe,
[00:51.91] That half of everything I hear is true.
[00:56.62] Between you and me,
[00:59.42] I believe the anecdotes too.
[01:06.23] In the verandah,
[01:08.50] In the midnight heat,
[01:11.29] Cousins and I would wait for the rains.
[01:15.17] Singing songs about America
[01:20.07] And then the first drops came.
[01:24.14] So don't worry
[01:26.02] Even though you were,
[01:29.08] Oceans and continents away,
[01:33.31] I had evergreen hits, lullabies,
[01:38.02] And everything you had to sing.
[01:42.25] See, mother I believe,
[01:45.45] That half of everything I hear is true.
[01:50.32] Between you and me,
[01:53.85] I believe the anecdotes too.
[02:00.08] If they get you through.
[02:06.24] If time, time could be bent with the drop of a tear,
[02:11.37] You'd see it rain in our house for a year,
[02:16.15] This is the sound of the beating you'd hear.
[02:23.99] All the tapes we've taped over all of our hopes and our fears,
[02:29.52] The open verandah's been flooding for years
[02:34.26] I always hope that I'd see you here.
[02:59.98] But time, time can't be bent with the drop a tear,
[03:05.56] And though you say you missed out all of those years,
[03:10.27] Your voice on the tapes always kept us near.
[03:15.40] (Refrain)
[03:16.97] See, mother I believe,
[03:21.23] That half of everything I hear is true.
[03:25.70] Between you and me,
[03:29.18] I believe in everything you do.
[03:33.36]