The Yard at Noon

Verse 1

In the yard behind the block

We chased the summer till it dropped

Plastic shoes and scraped up knees

I whispered secrets to the trees

Pre-Chorus

Mm

Same fence where I learned to jump

Same wall where my first name's sunk

Time keeps pulling at my sleeves

But part of me still won't leave

Chorus

Take me back to the school bell

To the chalk dust on my heel

To the gum I hid in my pencil case

And the lunch we split in half

Take me back to the yard at noon

Where I sang a made-up tune

Where the mornings felt like they might last

Childhood I keep under glass

Post-Chorus

Under glass

Under glass

Under glass

Verse 2

The hallway smelled of winter coats

I kept my homework in my coat

Teachers wrote in careful red

And I wished the whole year dead

Pre-Chorus

Mm

Same bench where I learned to wait

Same gate where the bus ran late

Time keeps writing over me

But those days still come for free

Chorus

Take me back to the school bell

To the chalk dust on my heel

To the gum I hid in my pencil case

And the lunch we split in half

Take me back to the yard at noon

Where I sang a made-up tune

Where the mornings felt like they might last

Childhood I keep under glass

Post-Chorus

Under glass

Under glass

Under glass

Bridge

I grew big on borrowed years

Traded all my marbles for tears

But the snapshots in my head

Are still the ones that I keep fed

Chorus

Take me back to the school bell

To the chalk dust on my heel

To the gum I hid in my pencil case

And the lunch we split in half

Take me back to the yard at noon

Where I sang a made-up tune

Where the mornings felt like they might last

Childhood I keep under glass