I'm Sorry About the Plum Tree

Lyrics

I said a sharp thing at your fence
Over nothing, over branches, over rain
You went inside and shut the door
And I stood there in the garden, feeling plain
The plums were falling in the grass
Purple bruises, and I let them pass

I'm sorry about the plum tree
I'm sorry for the shouting and the shame
I brought a basket and a bowl
And I'm knocking, and I'm saying your name
It's a small thing to say, but it's mine to give
Let's be neighbours as long as we live
I'm sorry about the plum tree
Will you take the sweetest ones from me

I practised words at the kitchen sink
Too proud, too long, too many and too loud
Then I thought, just say the plain one
Put it down like a loaf, like a cloud
The light was low, the lane was still
Your curtain moved on the window sill

I'm sorry about the plum tree
I'm sorry for the shouting and the shame
I brought a basket and a bowl
And I'm knocking, and I'm saying your name
It's a small thing to say, but it's mine to give
Let's be neighbours as long as we live
I'm sorry about the plum tree
Will you take the sweetest ones from me

The door came open just a crack
And you said, I was cross as well
We stood and laughed at the two of us
With the fruit and the evening and the smell
Of jam we hadn't made

So now we're sharing out the jars
Yours has a ribbon, mine has a name
The fence is low and the fence is kind
And the garden isn't quite the same
It's better, it's better, it's better than before
Now there's a gate where there was a door

I'm sorry about the plum tree
I'm sorry for the shouting and the shame
I brought a basket and a bowl
And I'm knocking, and I'm saying your name
It's a small thing to say, but it's mine to give
Let's be neighbours as long as we live
I'm sorry about the plum tree
Will you take the sweetest ones from me

Will you take the sweetest ones from me
Will you take the sweetest ones from me