Verse: 1 If they’re going to make a shadow out of me Well I guess I’ll be the shadow of that post oak tree In the forest by your house Where we used to meet If they’re going to make a shadow out of me Verse: 2 If they’re going to make a shadow out of you Well I hope to catch the briefest glimpse as you go passing through As the shadow of the Lincoln That we drove to school If they’re going to make a shadow out of you Bridge: Lines will disappear as we grow darker Darker than we planned for at the start The light of morning will get even farther Until at last You can’t tell us apart. Verse: 3 So if they’re going to make a shadow out of us Casting downward to the valley like an Appalachian bluff I was born, then I loved you I guess that was enough If they’re going to make a shadow out of us If they’re going to make a shadow out of us