The Orange Grove Lyrics - The Wonder Years

God, take me back to the orange grove 

That I found deep in the desert 

The air sweet as a miracle 

It can't survive but it grows and grows and grows 

West Texas is dying slow 

An oil rig in the sunset 

The air is heavy and filled with smoke 

There ain't no quit in the hands that built this home 

A dog barks in the distant barks in the distance 

Rusted frames take root in the brush 

You'll watch it decay 

Lie through your teeth and say you'll resurrect a ghost 

The paper tigers you made then swore to keep away 

You're a knife there at my throat 

God, take me back to the orange grove 

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Fall came quiet and sudden 

They're smoking out of their storm doors 

Work left town with the summer 

We're just trying to keep warm 

That cough don't sound any better 

Another month, try to push through 

Blood in your spit in the morning 

Give a fake name at the emergency room 

There at the edge of losing everything 

Taking desperate swings in the dark 

You'll watch it decay 

Lie through your teeth and say you'll resurrect a ghost 

The paper tigers you made then swore to keep away 

You're a knife there at my throat 

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When your mom got sick so slow 

Did you carry the weight alone? 

When the bills started to grow 

Did you carry the weight alone? 

When the bank came for your home 

Did you carry the weight alone? 

When you reap what they sow 

Do you carry the weight alone? 

You'll watch it decay 

Lie through your teeth and say you'll resurrect a ghost 

The paper tigers you made then swore to keep away 

You're a knife there at my throat 

God, take me back to the orange grove