Apple in My Hand

[Intro] (Instrumental - Acoustic guitar, harmonica) [Verse 1] Well, what's an apple, you ask me now? Just a fruit upon a bough? Red or green, a simple thing A taste of summer it can bring But there's more to it, I understand Since I held an apple in my hand [Chorus] I held an apple in my hand Tried to make it smaller, understand? Squeezed it tight beneath the sun A mystery barely begun That apple held a secret deep A promise that I couldn't keep 'Til later years, I'd understand That apple held within my hand [Verse 2] Remember "shnow"? That word we said? Floating white above my head You asked me what it meant back then I smiled and said, "Ask me again When you're older, understand?" Like secrets buried in the land Like Tristan's railroad, long and gone Its whistle silent with the dawn [Chorus] I held an apple in my hand Tried to make it smaller, understand? Squeezed it tight beneath the sun A mystery barely begun That apple held a secret deep A promise that I couldn't keep 'Til later years, I'd understand That apple held within my hand [Verse 3] Hi school days, in '82 Things we learned, things we knew Or thought we knew, so young and bold Stories whispered, bought and sold Like that strange horse, the needle steed A phantom born of childish need And down the track, a figure tall "I think I see Johnny Cash!" I'd call [Bridge] The Man in Black, he walked the line A shadow near that railroad fine Tristan's ghost track, cold and bare Echoes drifting on the air If you see Frank, tell him straight Tell Frank about it, 'bout it, mate About the apple and the snow About the things we'll never know [Chorus] I held an apple in my hand Tried to make it smaller, understand? Squeezed it tight beneath the sun A mystery barely begun That apple held a secret deep A promise that I couldn't keep 'Til later years, I'd understand That apple held within my hand [Outro] (Instrumental fade - Acoustic guitar, harmonica, gentle percussion)