There's a tree in my old backyard That never could work very hard No it never grew fruit or leaves It just stood there for all of those years And I thought about this From when we were kids Oh to see how that tree carried on And there he was tall With cherries and all Seems that everything's good when I'm gone In the school on the old boulevard There was paint chippin' off o' the walls And the lights were as dim as our eyes 'Cause we'd learned how to sleep in disguise And I thought about this From when we were kids And you'll never believe what I saw They made it like new From the ground to the roof Seems that everything's good when I'm gone La la la la La la la, la la la la La la la la... Now I sit here alone in my room Making faces at pictures of you I remember you cried when I said It would somehow be us in the end And I think about this From when we were kids 'Cause you play in my mind like a song She's pretty in white She's the love of your life Seems that everything's good When I'm gone