The kitchen drawers were open 
Hot water in the bath 
And the phone call that you promised me 
I'd given up on last 

I was only 22 
All undone and overdue 
My friends burned all around me 
And the smoke was full of you 
But let's stop here for a prayer 
For what happened there 
And let us have a beer 
For anyone who's still here 

I didn't leave a letter 
I just wrote my baby's name 
On the mirror all steamed over 
With water, heat and shame 

All hopes were long-time missing 
They'd had enough of me 
I found them hanging through the moon 
From the Hooker oak tree 

The knife was on the basin 
Wrapped in my baby's towel 
And I lowered myself down 

Cause you can drink and you can shake 
And you can dry up bitter tears 
But the first to pass right through you 
Will age you fifty years 
And you could say, 'well I don't know 
You got to love just the same' 
But I say all I got 
Was a phone call that never came 

The towel was lying open 
And it hurt so bad 
There was red smoke in the water 
And all the things we'd had 

Now honey you don't need this heart 
Now that I'm dead and gone 
So dig me up and give me back 
What I never should've lost 

I was falling asleep 
You see I felt a little weak 
I closed my eyes and thought of you 
As the phone let out a ring