[Verse 1]
I knew a woman once
Giving birth to kittens and mice
And as you know with their eating habits
Those poor mice had to die

So the kittens were born
Full of their brothers and sisters
And they were punished swiftly
Though they did not know why

They thought they were food
They did not know what they'd done

[Verse 2]
And I was a person once
Sending off unread letters
Receiving no reply
Never bothering asking why

I had a heart once
Full of fire and passion
But the summer took it away from me

And Autumn has come to retrieve it
Autumn has come to retrieve it
Autumn has come to retrieve it
[Verse 3]
And I was a man once
When I was six-years-old
But now I am just a boy
Pretentious and brash and bold

The kittens were murdered
Thrown into burlap sacks
And weighted down with rocks
In a river deep and black

And they went to Heaven
They went to Heaven