A crowded room of people, they only see the outside
Nobody knows of your dreams, or what scares you in the night
So many faces that don’t notice who you are
But to be understood you don’t have to look so hard

I’ve known you as you’ve always been
I’ve seen you when the world was blind
When your heart calls you forgotten
I’ll say you’ve never, you’ve never left my mind

You think the deep alone, well, it might swallow you whole
I know you’ve choked up, screwed up, felt left in the cold
Well come on back around, how can I let you go?
I’d rather you be you than any other soul

I’ve known you as you’ve always been
I’ve seen you when the world was blind
When your heart calls you forgotten
I’ll say you’ve never, you’ve never left my mind

Oooh…

I’ve known you, I’ve known you, I’ve always known you
I’ve known you, I’ve known you, I’ve always known you
Don’t you believe the lies that try to tell you
Don’t believe the lies

Oooh…

I’ve known you as you’ve always been
I’ve seen you when the world was blind
When your heart calls you forgotten
I’ll say you’ve never, you’ve never left my mind
I’ll say you’ve never, you’ve never left my mind

Oh brother
I can feel
Your steady hand
Resting on my shoulder
Long after midnight
Out in the moonlight
Until the morning breaks to daylight
To daylight

This night’s impossible alone
We’re too far from home
I can’t take this dark all on my own

Oh brother
I can feel
You holding on
When I have nothing
Long after midnight
Out in the moonlight
Until the morning breaks to daylight
To daylight

This night’s impossible alone
We’re too far from home
I can’t take this dark all on my own

Oh brother
Brother

Oh brother
I can feel
In my heart
That you make me stronger

Long after midnight
Out in the moonlight
Until the morning breaks to daylight
To daylight

This night’s impossible alone
We’re too far from home
I can’t take this dark all on my own
This night’s impossible alone
We’re too far from home
I can’t take this dark all on my own

Oh brother

I wasn’t looking for anyone to come around
But there you were, and you were you, and you turned things upside down
I tried to tell myself
Don’t get in too deep, you don’t know him well
Don’t be so sure, it’s so hard to tell (and then)

You tapped on my window
You knocked on my door
I let you come in and then
You were there no more

You disappeared, you were gone in just a blink so
There, lesson learned, I must keep you at an arm’s length
I tried to tell myself
He’s only halfway in, he can’t make up his mind
The one you want isn’t like his kind (but then)

You tapped on my window
You knocked on my door
I let you come in and then
You were there no more

Would you say, would you say, that I’m dreamin’?
I’m ok, I’m ok, with you leaving’
Are you stayin’ or leaving’? Ohhhh….

You tapped on my window
You knocked on my door
I let you come in and then

You were there no more

Nothing in the universe that surrounds
In the earth that so confounds
Makes such a redeeming sound
As when you say my name
Say my name
Say my name
Say my name

It opens up my tired eyes
Opens up the brighter skies
Reveals the soft touch of human ties
When you say my name
Say my name
Say my name
Say my name

It turns my tears into gold
It turns my sorrows into hope
It lightens up my load
When you say my name

It turns my tears into gold
It turns my sorrows into hope
Gives me a loving hand to hold
When you say my name
Oh, say my name
Oh…

I will hold you when everything is new
I will hold you as you figure out what’s true
When you’re finding your stride
I’ll be there by your side
I’ll hold you always and everywhere

I will hold you when you’re lost and confused
I will hold you down those shadowed avenues
When you’re tired of the race
When you’ve neither time nor space
I’ll hold you always and everywhere

Not the rain crashing down
Not the snow piled on the ground
Not the desert or the ocean can keep me bound
Yes, I will be there
I will keep you in my care
Always and everywhere

I will hold you when you’ve broken what’s been built
I will hold you when you’re tangled up in guilt
When you’re breaking down in pieces
And your sanity decreases
I’ll hold you always and everywhere

I will hold you when there are joys to be told
I will hold you when all you see is gold
On your happiest of days
When the goodness comes and stays
I’ll hold you always and everywhere

Not the rain crashing down
Not the snow piled on the ground
Not the desert or the ocean can keep me bound
Yes, I will be there
I will keep you in my care
Always and everywhere

No plans, no distance, no changes, no time
Will keep me from you
No plans, no distance, no changes, no time

I will hold you when you can’t recall my name
I will hold you, and I will love you all the same
I will hold you when the dark
Has done a number on your heart
I’ll hold you always and everywhere

Not the rain crashing down
Not the snow piled on the ground
Not the desert or the ocean can keep me bound
Yes, I will be there
I will keep you in my care

Always and everywhere

Like the sun pouring through my windshield
Warming my hands while I drove the roads

You were what I needed
You were what I needed

Like a chair, tested and sturdy
Offering your arms so I could rest my bones

You were what I needed
You were what I needed

The air had been thick, and my breath, shallow
You opened the window for the breeze to blow
I slowed
Oh …

Life was a mess, but your timing was perfect, yeah
And I’d hate to think if you hadn’t been there at all, ’cause …

You were what I needed
You were what I needed
You, you, you
You …were what I needed

I wouldn’t say I’m prepared for this
What tomorrow I will miss
Can’t set you on a shelf
Keep you only for myself

I’ll squeeze your hand one last time
Set a still frame in my mind
Of the laugh lines ’round your face
Magnified on the best of days

It’s time to go
It’s time to go
We loved, and we let go
And now it’s time

Let your voice linger in my ears
Drown out the silence of my tears
And play back in my head
The everyday words you said

It’s time to go
It’s time to go
We loved, and we let go
And now it’s time

Oh…

So I’ll turn reluctantly
Leaving behind a part of me
And reach out to that day
When we’ll no longer have to say

It’s time to go
It’s time to go
We loved, and we let go
And now it’s time

In my little room
I hoped to find you
But the snow had blown
And the roads were closed

When will I see
You here with me?
Boots laid by the door
Away from me no more

And we’ll hum that tune
That we wrote last June
When we dreamt of …
Snow
Snow
Hmmm…..

I…I don’t know you
But we seem to be rolling the same way today
And you …you may ask who
Drives beside you on this long highway

Hours lost on borrowed wheels
Driven off the lot deals
Getting out, coming home
Wish the road was all your own

Passing cars, passing time
Pass another exit sign
Spacing off, mind’s blank
All that’s left’s a quarter tank

And I…I don’t know you
But we seem to be rolling the same way today
And you …you may ask who
Drives beside you on this long highway

Cruising on and in control
Singing with the radio
Off from work, on to play
Orange cones, either way

Tires moving round and round
Destination next town
Thinking hard and moving on
Making plans for life beyond

And I…I don’t know you
But we seem to be rolling the same way today
And you …you may ask who
Drives beside you on this long highway

A billion thoughts, a million miles
A thousand stories on this road
A billion thoughts, a million miles

I…I don’t know you
But we seem to be rolling the same way today
You …you may ask who
Drives beside you on this long highway
Drives beside you on this long highway

Couldn’t be more different
Than anything
I had seen
From where I stood

Instinct to turn and run
Straight away
But for to stay
A while I came

How can I be so young and feel so old
How can I be so warm and feel so cold
How can I see so well how I am so blind
How can I breathe it all in and leave it all behind

Compelled to be quiet
Soak it in
Know again
I’m nothing more

To understand how it is
They love and feel
Just as real
As I always have

How can I be so young and feel so old
How can I be so warm and feel so cold
How can I see so well how I am so blind
How can I breathe it all in and leave it all behind

East

So it is good to say
That I am
Clearer than
I was before

How can I be so young and feel so old
How can I be so warm and feel so cold
How can I see so well how I am so blind
How can I breathe it all in and leave it all behind

If you had only known
I’m sure you wouldn’t have
But that’s the way it goes
And now there’s no takebacks or turnarounds or rewinds on how it all played out
And now I must deal with it all a little differently

‘Cause I feel the sweet sweeter and the hards harder
The falls steeper and I feel it all
The lights brighter and the highs higher
The love go deeper and I feel it all

Sometimes I wish I could take my heart out, and put it on the shelf
Just to let it rest for a while
‘Cause I love you ’til it hurts for better or worse
And I still will, just give me some time

‘Cause I feel the sweet sweeter and the hards harder
The falls steeper and I feel it all
The lights brighter and the highs higher
The love go deeper and I feel it all

Oh you know my resolve is strong
‘Cause I feel this much all the time
But my walls fall down in my weakness with you
I reserve my weakness for you

‘Cause I feel the sweet sweeter and the hards harder
The falls steeper and I feel it all
The lights brighter and the highs higher
The love go deeper and I feel it all
All
I feel it all

You want roses
And sugared things
I’ll give you all that I have
It’s not much I bring

This is love, messy love, all that it can be, see
I’ll try not to disappoint you , by just being me, see

You want your life solved
So it can be pain-free
Wish I could do that for you
But I can’t fix everything

This is love, messy love
Trying to be neat, see
I won’t have all the answers
When you look to me, see

I wanted roses
And lots of sugared things
It’s not what you give me
You give me what I need

This is love, perfect love
Wrapped around me
I see, I see, I see
You won’t leave me alone
You’ll stand right here with me
I see, I see, I see

A violin and cello hum with you, slow and mellow
As I round your rugged shoulder in the park
Charming and strong, sweetly moving along
Miles to go before it turns dark

And I hope you don’t care that I stop and I stare
I probably stay longer than I should

River, you and me, we’re alone

There’s a dense fog up a ways, trees get lost in that haze
Mysterious, you beckon me on
Bells ring, it’s getting late but my dear, how I hate
To leave before we finish our song

And I hope you don’t mind that I lose track of time
You seem to put a spell over me

River, you and me
River, you and me, we’re alone

Enchanting, you drift before me
Hypnotizing, who really cares of the world out there

And I hope you don’t care that I stop and I stare
I probably stay longer than I should

And I hope you don’t mind that I lose track of time
You seem to put a spell over me

River, you and me
River, you and me, we’re alone

A taxi driver buys a string of jasmine for the girl
Tired men standing street side make their funny faces at her
The store clerks stop their work to hold the boy and let her play
And when the heat starts to rise they fan the babies’ sweat away

Sheets on our heads, nets on our beds
Candy and kisses, all right
Silly songs to sing, pretty smiles to bring
O, my babies, good night

It’s a hybrid language that she speaks, part of us and part of them
He talks with twinkle eyes and the dimples that belong to him
She’ll sing the song that’s in her head and make us dance along, as well
Our hearts may never be our own again, as far as we can tell

Sheets on our heads, nets on our beds
Candy and kisses, all right
Silly songs to sing, pretty smiles to bring
O, my babies, good night

We may cry when the night comes
We may sigh before we dream
But when we wake up in the morning
We’ll sing …

Sheets on our heads, nets on our beds
Candy and kisses, all right
Silly songs to sing, pretty smiles to bring
O, my babies, good night

The night sounds erase the day
The tension breaks, fades away
I turn my head from the disarray
And all I can do is stay

The speeds fall as dark comes to view
The distant train’s call rings warm through the dew
I only know this peace around you
And oh, how I need it

In the night sounds
The night sounds

The heavy hours no longer bind me
But somehow in the night is when I finally see
You draw near to pull them from me
And in the night, I can be free

In the night sounds
The night sounds