When they called asking for my mother and they Called asking for her and they Called asking for her I said wrong number I... I said wrong number I... I said wrong number when really oh, you know It's not quite what I meant The words are kind of right But we both know she is dead We spread her ashes on Italian gardens Keeping close to the ground so they wouldn't blow around We're on our knees on the dirt Putting her body back into the earth When they came asking for her I said... I said come later I said come later when really oh, you know It's not quite what I meant The words are sort of right But we both know she is dead... We spread her ashes on Italian gardens Keeping close to the ground so they wouldn't blow around We're on our knees on the dirt Putting her body back into the earth Little child go away Little neighbor leave me be You're too young to hear such things And I'm too young to speak of them So, Little child go away Little neighbor leave me be You're too young to hear such things And I'm too young to speak of them Little boy Little child go away Little neighbor leave me be You're too young to hear such things And I'm too young to speak of them So, Little child go away Little neighbor leave me be You're too young to hear such things And I'm too young to speak of them So, Little child go away Little neighbor leave me be You're too young to hear such things And I'm too young to speak of them Little boy