Lyrics

Nameless family photographs, faces with no epitaphs
People disappeared into the night
All our steps were marked by pain, teardrops on a weathervane
Emptiness unfolding in the cold light

I was just a baby boy holding to a shroud of joy
Maybe I’m the only reason we survived
When those men with angry eyes came to call before the sunrise
Left the parents and the baby boy alive

These are memories I’d rather lose
But losing all your memories
Is just some heartless ruse
Suzanne

Sunlight beaming on your face, laughter paired with matchless grace
Even now the pictures don’t compare
Here’s the little girl you carried, here we are the day we married
Sledding down that hill without a fool’s care

Black panthers, white sheets, riots in the schools and streets
You would come home with your wits all torn and frayed
And the puppy in this frame- that one! Sandy was his name
I brought him home to chase your fears away

Love is all around in endless hues
Life was mostly black and white until it came to you
Suzanne

(SOLO)

I am still the baby boy holding to a shroud of joy
Maybe you’re the only reason I survived
Still your eyes are soft and kind
And you never seem to mind
That you’re drifting untethered out of time

I have memories I’d rather lose
But you forgetting everything is just some heartless ruse
Suzanne

Love is all around in endless hues
Suzanne

I have memories I’d rather lose
Suzanne

Love is all around in endless hues
Suzanne
© 2025 Jude Roberts (Robert Jude DiBennardo)