Lyrics:

My mother's in the garden
My brother's in the yard
Dad's under the car
Swearing at God
In the late July evening
I'm watching the sky
Usher my grandfather
One last goodbye
As the pink fades to orange
I am wishing once more
I were nine and that time
Were a friend, one of mine, I go
Ooh ooh ooh
But now who am I kidding
Never had one of those
I swirl in the backyard
I run with the ghosts
As the neighbor dog's barking
His prophetic spout
Your youth is a crown
That you're doomed to lose now
And the war's on the home front
It's coming by twos
As the late July heat
Crashes over you
And if love had a spark
It went out on the Fourth
It was buried in the backyard
Why carry the torch
Now it roams through the garden
Where the vegetables grow
And my mother, the gardener
Where she will stop
I don't know
I don't know
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a load-
Take it off
Gravity
Gravity
Have some grace on me
Now my brother
He's a good one
He was born a grown man
Knee stains of cut grass
Still he's coming in last
Too soft in the middle
The town turns up its nose
Can you see through my riddle
To the child still wearing his clothes
Can you get close
Still wearing his clothes
Can you get close
The midwest has fallen
Downtown wants it back
Hope they have a cement
That can seal up the cracks
Take my stone fruit and thunder Lock it up tight
But no city street show can block out the sight
Of my mother, my brother, my father, and that late July night
Of my mother, my brother, the gardener, and that late July night
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a load
Take it off
Gravity
Gravity
Have some grace on me
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a load
Take it off
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a break
Take a break
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a load
Take it off
Gravity
Gravity
Have some grace on me
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a load
Take it off
Gravity
Gravity
Have some grace
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a load
Take it off
Gravity
Gravity
Have some grace on me
Heavyweight
Take a break
Take a load
Take it off
Gravity
Gravity
Have some grace on me