Heart be still you've had your fill Of lovers who've come and gone The time is right I see through the light That blinded me for so long It's no secret
I thought I'd have to pay to feel good By all the pretty things that caught my eye Empty as my pocketbook I stood With only common sense to tell me why
Outside the lines of baltimore There's a cemetary sleeping I stopped to watch you yelling at your dog The effect was rather creepy In front of strangers
Dear tracey You left too soon 'cause when you left The light went with you out of the room Dear tracey You hung the moon Over my shoulder Each and every
Seems that you're here But it feels like you're dead Did someone forget to lock the door It's more than a dream 'cause when I hit the floor The whole
Here we are Shallow but inspired Jumping into fires we set Here we are We're dumb enough to learn Risking all we know to forget So don't make me lead
Don?t give up, you?ve just started You?ve come so far in such a short, short time Don?t give up, you?ve just started You?ve come so far in such a short
I poured some stars in your cereal You ate half a bowl and said you were full Oh honey where's your appetite You used to eat a bowl every nite Ah uh huh
I didn't want a river But you handed me the sea I didn't want a forest But you chopped down every tree I didn't want these blue skies But you shot down
Salvador, your father named you After a dead brother And your mother hung the cross upside down Salvador, so much of time hung over Old men's sleeves
Growin' up together The years just seemed to fly Changin' our lives like the weather Rainy days to clear blue skies Too much time together Ridin' home
In the fields where we laid our heads Dog barking to the heat of the beating sun Hot ground, sweet ground a feeling of fever in the air Kissing the nape
I wore my heart out on my sleeve But then they shot me down And they left me here to die If my last kiss is this cold ground Will I forgive the hand That
As I circle the picnic table Eyes watch me in my flowing dress The sky is an unnatural shade of green But it?s really just the light through the trees
Where has the time gone Why did it take so long Why didn't I meet you Back when I needed to Ohh oh And time plays her tricks on me She's holding my hand
He checks his wrist And chuckles to himself, "Half-past a freckle" She meets him in line, just in time For the half-past a freckle show Lips press her
I'd take you to a restaurant But I don?t have any money I?d take you for a drive But I don?t have a car I?d take you to Paris But I don?t have a jet