Ghosts of the Willow Grove

Verse 1

Grandmother told me about the grove

How couples carved their names in bark

Letters left in hollow knots

Two hearts waiting after dark

She said the willows kept their word

Pre-Chorus

And I walk the rows where they once stood

Tracing what the branches took

Chorus

Ghosts of the willow grove

Past present and future all at once

Ghosts of the willow grove

I hear them calling out my name

(My name my name)

Verse 2

I was seven on the carousel

Grape snow cones and scraped-up knees

Music box played something slow

Summer buzzing in the trees

Now the grass grows where the pavement was

Pre-Chorus

And I stand alone in open air

Wondering who else was here

Chorus

Ghosts of the willow grove

Past present and future all at once

Ghosts of the willow grove

I hear them calling out my name

(My name my name)

Bridge

Meadow now and nothing more

Just wind and weeds and weathered stone

Every age is living here

Every age is letting go

Chorus

Ghosts of the willow grove

Past present and future all at once

Ghosts of the willow grove

I hear them calling out my name

(My name my name)

Ghosts of the willow grove

I am the last one left to know

(To know to know)

Outro

Mm

Just me and the ghosts

Mm-hmm

Of the willow grove