Lost hours and secrets too No one will find but you And falling is like brand new rain Places I have never been I thought these things would come to
Once you were a straight shot, a shiny quarter in a new slot Night would keep the dreams that you got for afternoon Then telling the truth got so hard
The sky is turning and longing for something far away The moon?s a tear drop, see slowly as it falls away Miles running down a face, everything?s bound
With the city closed for evening and the streets dressed up in rain My sweet man, do you have some place to get to? Morning is my destination, see me
Swore that I was living free Boy, you couldn't talk to me And the pride that kept me Didn't know no company Early morning subway train Feeling lost and
Oh, the song I love the best?s the one my father taught to me The kindness of a stranger is dust from an unseen wing But an old friend at my table is
I hear you comin' up the driveway I tie a ribbon in my hair look who's come to see me Funny, you always end up here But it's still pretending And it'
I got a postcard with an old address A picture of Houston in a beat up mess Just to remind me that it all went wrong Just to beat me up, just to turn
You're not my boyfriend I don't want a boyfriend Just make a little trouble over me In your kitchen On the way to your window Walking down your hallway
Once I ran like the wildest horse I reached up high and I clinched my fist What happened then goes just like this Oh, the tender branch is gonna fall
