She stood in the kitchen and watched from the window
He admired the lords,
she washed the dishes And he was half finished when he got off the
mower Looked back at their house as if he didn't
know it As if he'd landed in some foreign place
That grumpy old * had tears on his face
She says, what's the matter?
He's done this game you love,
standing round here Like you're lost in your own backyard
Well,
I couldn't find you I couldn't find you,
love
I looked hard,
I tried to But darling,
I couldn't find you
The yard smelled like two-stroke and freshly cut grass
I need my man alone for these thirty years past
Last she had started to put things together
The keys in the fridge,
the milk in the kettle
It's not that her husband is getting forgetful
It's that something is terribly wrong
And he seems embarrassed by the things that he did for a second
He looks just like one of their kids as he stares at the waves
And he says,
I couldn't find you I couldn't find you, love
I looked hard,
I tried to But darling,
I couldn't find you
More than forty years married He's one tough old farmer
Retired and ready to work on their garden
And he loves nothing better than a beer with
the boys And presents at Christmases and at his daughter's
But he just seemed fragile this past festive season Holding her hand
as if she might leave him
And he didn't say much,
but then he really did Confused by the
crackers and the screaming grandkids
Who he doesn't remember at all
And we couldn't find you
We couldn't find you, dear
We looked hard,
we tried to But we couldn't find you
And I couldn't find you I couldn't find you,
love
We looked hard,
we tried to But darling,
I couldn't find you
We looked hard,
we tried to But darling,
I couldn't find you