Walking By

Your grand dad left home for the circus
 He was young just like me,
 with hope to explore
 He married a girl in Virginia
 She could swing the trapeze,
 they could sleep on the floor
 Your mother was born in December,
 on the one sunny day that winter gave up
 With warm summer eyes that flickered like fireflies,
 and she stared at the world
 So why do you leave these stories unfinished,
 my Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in your eyes?
 And why do you look when you've already found it?
 And what did you find that would leave you walking by?
 She was raised in a New England village
 Then she moved to LA with her firefly stare,
 and you loved sunset strip when it sparkled
 You grew up and you sparkled, but why don't you care?
 And why do you leave these stories unfinished,
 my Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in your eyes?
 And why do you look when you've already found me?
 And what did you find that would leave you walking by?
 And these nights I get high just from breathing
 When I lie here with you I'm sure that I'm real
 like that firework over the freeway
 I could stay here all day but that's not how you feel
 So why do you leave these questions unanswered?
 The circus awaits and you're already gone
 My Cheshire cat doorstop with fear in your smile,
 what makes it so easy for you to be walking by?
 And what did I do that you can't seem to want me?
 And why do we lie here and whisper goodbyes?
 Where can I go that your pictures won't haunt me?
 What makes it so easy for you to be walking by?
 Walking by