Ellie

Ellie got under my skin With her strawberry hair flowing in the wind She gave me a flannel jacket to wear When the world's just too cold to bear But she gave everything, drained out all that's inside And she cried on the floor feeling empty Stayed in the shadows and she'd tear her own skin And she won't let me know where she's been I stare at the flicker of the candle burning slowly in the dark Beside was a picture of you With a smile on your face that I barely recognize Walking on eggshells around you Tread lightly, don't fly too close to the sun But the world's so grim and dark, so ghastly I'd clawed myself out to keep afloat I thought you'd shed me some light But I slipped away and now I'm gone I stare at the flicker of the candle burning slowly in the dark Beside was a picture of you With a smile on your face that I barely recognize Walking 'round and 'round and You can't see me but all I see is you Ellie got under my skin With her strawberry hair flowing in the wind She gave me a flannel jacket to wear but the world's just too cold for her to bear But she gave everything, drained out all that's inside And she died