Faded Green, Faded Gold

[Intro]
[Verse]
A yellow receipt in a book
Stays where you forgot to look
Chipped mug on the rail outside
Where the cold autumn shadows hide
[Pre-Chorus]
The tea has gone cold in the cup
No one is coming to fill it up
The wind whispers low in the trees
Bringing us down to our knees
[Chorus]
We drift like the falling leaves
In ways that a young heart grieves
But love doesn't wash away
It just has less to say
[Verse]
I drive past the orchard lane
Through mist and the autumn rain
We took a different track
With no way of turning back
[Pre-Chorus]
The red apples fall to the ground
Without making a single sound
The fence that we climbed is now gray
Crumbled and fading away
[Chorus]
We drift like the falling leaves
In ways that a young heart grieves
But love doesn't wash away
It just has less to say
[Verse]
Your name is a quiet spark
Written in the dusty dark
I find it in old desk drawers
Underneath the wooden floors
[Bridge]
The shadows stretch and grow
In the wind that starts to blow
We are stories from long ago
Moving soft and slow
[Chorus]
We drift like the falling leaves
In ways that a young heart grieves
But love doesn't wash away
It just has less to say
[Post-Chorus]
Faded green, faded gold
Stories we never told
Still warm in the cold
A hand I used to hold
[Outro]