Dreaming of the Plum Trees

Upstairs the neighbors are moving in

Hammering nails into their beds

You can hear them falling in love again

Three times this evening

While we tried to sleep in bed

Jealous of how they were so content

Jealous of the money they spent

Three times this evening

She was born in New Orleans

He made his money on Long Island

Out of Montauk

Sold used cars and paved parking lots

They bought a cigarette boat

And then they bought a truck

To pull move the cigarette boat

From lot to lot, lot to lot

Oh, but I saw that girl Ruthie

She was running through the streets in her bare feet

Someone ought to be ashamed

Someone ought to

Someone ought to be ashamed

Their daughter stepped on glass again

Her foot bled red as dye

Through the floorboards

Through the floor, through the floor

Through the floorboards

You could hear his hand drop

They split the estate up

It was against the law

It was against the law

Oh, but I saw that girl Ruthie

She was running through the streets in her bare feet

Someone ought to be ashamed

Someone ought to

Someone ought to be ashamed of her

But we were dreaming of the plum trees

We were just dreaming of getting by

Getting by, getting by, getting by

We were dreaming of making ends meet

We were just dreaming of just getting by

Getting by, getting by, getting by

I fell in love again tonight

My heart bled red as dye through the floorboards

Through the floor, through the floor

Through the floorboards

While they tried to sleep in bed

Jealous of how they were so content

Jealous of the money they spent

Three times this evening

Three times this evening

Oh, and I saw that girl Ruthie

She was running through the streets in her bare feet

Someone ought to be ashamed

Someone ought to

Someone ought to be ashamed of her

But we were dreaming of the plum trees

We were just dreaming of getting by

Oh we were dreaming of making ends meet

Oh we were just dreaming of just getting by

Getting by, getting by, getting by