Caroline Moledor - Coat Lyrics

Abby's friends are talking
Abby's not around
Abby's room is empty
Save a diary her mom found
Abby's gone at summer camp
Her father made her go
Her siblings ask, "Where's Abby gone?"
They're not allowed to know
Summer days grow hotter
Kids start to forget
That their neighbor's daughter
Hasn't come back yet
'Till late one foggy evening
Abby gets back home
But nevermore a child or the
The girl they used to know

Now Abby's classmates wonder
Now Abby sits alone
In heated August weather
Wearing a winter coat
With sleeves to cover slashes
With black to cover blue
With fire to burn the failures, like
She's been told to do

I'm a coat
Hanging in a closet
I'm a coat

Matthew is an artist
Matthew wants to sing
Matthew wants the kids at school
To stop their whispering
Matthew's feeling older
Matthew's feeling worn
Matthew's feeling doubtful of the
Reason he was born
His dad puts him in baseball
His Mom puts him in scouts
His sister tells his parents that there's
Rumors getting out
Matthew gets no greeting
Matthew gets a look
Matthew gets a beating and a
Warning and a book

Makes it to October
Barely getting by
Shies away from locker rooms
And lunchrooms and the sky
Gets out of school one Friday
Makes his walk alone
Heavy with a heartache that no
Kid should ever know

I'm a rope
Hanging in a closet
I'm a rope
Has your dinner table changed
Has somebody left
Did someone hardly touch their plate
Have you checked the bathroom cabinet
Is someone's chair empty
I'm a child