Grizzly Peak Lyrics

New Year's Eve 2016

We drove up to Grizzly Peak

You crashed the car through the railing

Of the stranger's house where your friends were staying

I freaked out but you were laughing

Like you could tell the story someday already

And it's all from a different life than now

With my freshly-painted walls and the neighbor's open window

One time skunks lived in the crawlspace underneath the house

And I cried when the guy came to get him out

We're racing down the concrete driveway

It's your first time at my house

You get a twig stuck in your foot

My mom has to yank it out

Used to babysit across the street

I remember them, do they remember me?

Early bedtimes, skinned knees

Made-up voices, sneaking stories

Redwood trees tower over

One day I'll climb them when I'm older

Mosquito bites at summer theatre

Stifled smoke from September fires

I always thought you smiled kinda funny

More lines on one cheek than the other

I ate alone at camp every day

Til a bee landed on me and I stayed still

Til it flew away

And the kids thought I was real brave

I'm not usually a waiter

If I met her now I would try and save her

When I try to shut the day off

It transcends me to the playhouse in the park where I grew up

I still swing there every time I visit