You Never Know

Whenever I watch a plane turn slow and lazy in the sky
I Remember the [ ] [fish-diving] my barefoot [at summer times]
And I shake my head, next thing I know I’m in a security line pushing through
With my boots in my hand, and a haggard passport photo
Odds are we’re going to land, but then again
You never know

I call my neighbor at work, she forgot to turn off her garden hose
I said, “Shelley, you fluttered the bed and I fear you drowned your roses
I might have caught it sooner, but I was stuck inside listening to the radio repeat the news
You see I couldn’t get out of bed, I was having one of my blue episodes
Odds are your flowers will bounce back, but then again
You never know”

Spend half your birthday trying to recall your very last words to me
It was like chasing a losing army, burning everything in retreat
Well, falls got to come, what else are you going to do with leaves but watch them fall
Silver [hay], the horses breath, I still can see that rifle over your mantle
Odds are someday I will forget, but then again
You never know