Josh Ritter
     Song for the Fireflies 

     After all the lights had died
     Out behind the palasades park
     Fireflies remembered to do
     Exactly what they were supposed to
     And memories were like coins that tumbled
     Somersaulting through the deep
     Down every well we threw them in
     Until they came to the top again
     And out like the sun
     In your hair, in your hair

     Every month that ends its spin
     Is picked up by the moon for keeping
     Clean and safe from accidents
     Sheltered from the elements
     But June is like an echo
     Of the sounds we never made
     I swear they find me in my waking hours
     Thirty days like poison flowers
     The wind in your hair
     Like a sigh, like a sigh

     With intermittent rain and shine
     the sky re-started six or seven times
     It's blue because it sees
     All our infidelities
     We both know that it's been so long
     I'm not sure what to say so I hope
     Fireflies remember to do exactly what it was they used to