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

If they're going to make a shadow out of you
Well, I hope to catch the briefest glimpse as you go passin' through
As the shadow of the Lincoln we drove to school
If they're going to make a shadow out of you

Lines will disappear as we grow darker
Darker than we planned for at the start
Light of morning will get even farther
Until at last you can't tell us apart

So, if they're going to make a shadow out of us
Casting downward to the valley
From an Appalachian bluff
I was born, and 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