Redbuds from The Wages by The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band

I’ll be gone long, I’ll be going away soon
I missed you in May, but we had a good June

I’ll be gone, all the fall, I’ll be gone the winter all
But I’ll be back by the redbud’s bloom

All the old folks are dead, and the grownups are old
I look in the mirror and my blood runs cold

Life is short, the waiting is long
I’m older now than the start of this song

The May apples sway, the Junebugs will fly
Corn’s knee high by the fourth of July

Driving through town, not feeling very well
Didn’t miss lilacs until I remembered the smell

I’ll be gone long, I’ll be going away soon
I missed you in May, but we had a good June

I’ll be gone, all the fall, I’ll be gone the winter all
But I’ll be back by the redbud’s bloom

I’ll be gone long, I’ll be going away soon
I missed you in May, but we had a good June

I’ll be gone, all the fall, I’ll be gone the winter all
But I’ll be back by the redbud’s bloom

• Los Angeles