the lowering a sad day in greenvilletown

The Avett Brothers

If I had known, your heart was down
That lonely day in Greenville town
Then I would have been more concerned
But later on I truly learned
How it can feel in every bone
To really see you re all alone

But I ll kiss your head
When death finds your bed
And you are gone

And if I had seen,the way it would be
I d hushed your cries, when you came to me
If I could do what I did to you
The same to me that I would love for you to see
That I sleep with remorse
And regret hangs round my door...
For ever more.

If I had known the lowering tide
Was lowering with the way you felt inside
If I had known all hope was gone
A broken heart and a broken home
That pierced, my lover s past
And carved a lonely path...
For her to walk

So if ever someone one says to you,
Life isn t fair, get used to it
Then you should say Well it might be
If folks like you would let it be

But I ll kiss your head
When death becomes my bed
And I am gone