Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town{lyrics}

~ Pearl Jam

I seem to recognize your face

Haunting, familiar, yet I can't seem to place it

Cannot find the candle of thought to light your name

Lifetimes are catching up with me

All these changes taking place, I wish I'd seen the place

But no one's ever taken me

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away 

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away 

I swear I recognize your breath

Memories like fingerprints are slowly raising

Me, you wouldn't recall, for I'm not my former

It's hard when, you're stuck upon the shelf

I changed by not changing at all, small town predicts my fate

Perhaps that's what no one wants to see

I just want to scream- hello

My God it's been so long, never dreamed you'd return

But now here you are, and here I am

Hearts and thoughts they fade, away

Hearts and thoughts they fade, away

Hearts and thoughts they fade, fade away

Hearts and thoughts they fade