I Won't Ask You Why

Your mama’s tender hands

Held the needle and the thread

That stitched that pretty bonnet

You used to wear upon your head

Nobody ever dreamed

That in one groundless stretch of time

Sorrow would move in

And make the final bind

The light atop the stairs

Was flickering then gone

No one was there to walk you

From the dark into the dawn

You were so vivid and so fair

So fragile yet so bold

With so much story

That never will be told

I can see you there

I can hear your song

Like a kid, looking for a place

To belong

And this old world, so magical and sweet

Knocked the ground

Right out from underneath your feet

Slipping on the pearls

Falling to the floor

Could you hear the bells of Sunday morning

Coming through your door

Simple as a breath

Shifting like the sky

You don’t have to worry

I won’t ask you why

You don’t have to worry no more

I won’t ask you why