Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe
Cold mountain water
Don't ever swim there
Just stand on the edge and look in there

And you might see a woman down there
They say some days up she comes
Up she rises as if out of nowhere

Wearing Victorian dress
She was calling her pet

"Snowflake, Snowflake"
Tumbling like a cloud that has drowned in the lake
Just like a poor, porcelain doll

Her eyes are open but no one's home

The clock has stopped
So long she's gone
No one's home

Her old dog is sleeping
His legs are frail now
But when he dreams
He runs

Along long beaches and sticky fields
Through the Spooky Wood looking for her

The beds are made, the table is laid
The door is open, someone is calling

It's a woman
"Here boy, here boy
You've come home
I've got an old bone and a biscuit and so much love
Miss me, did you miss me?"

Here's the kitchen, there's your basket
Here's the hall, that's where you wait for me

Here's the bedroom, you're not allowed in there

Here's my lap, that's where you rest your head

Here boy, oh you're a good boy

You've come home

You've come home

You've come home