Simply

Starry eyes and cellophane
She takes her walk she makes her plans
A truck barrels down the avenue
There’s broken glass
A missing pew at church

Maybe I was wrong, maybe time's too strong

Are we falling further?
Are there lights to take us home?
When everyone is gone
Are we breaking title to ask the question
Why we live and then we die, I think I’m fine
Maybe I’ll write you from the other side

He was young when Mom got cancer
Here life comes on dasher dancer
Raised up his little sister on his own
He brushed her hair and watched her grow

Maybe I was wrong, maybe time's not that strong

Are we falling further?
Are there lights to take us home?
When everyone is gone
Are we breaking title to ask the question
why we live and then we die I think I’m fine
Maybe I’ll write you from the other side

I’m just gonna take it slowly
I’m just gonna live one day at a time
I hope you feel you truly know me
If something comes to take me in the night

Are we falling further?
Are there lights to take us home?
When everyone is gone
Are we breaking title to ask the question
Why we live and then we die, I think I’m fine
Maybe I’ll write you from the other side

Hand on my hand
Chest on my chest
Be my lover
Be my best friend

I will wait on your border
Until you will let me in
Hand on my hand
Chest on my chest

To the sound of voices
And of drums
I will show you how
The West was won

We left New York City
With our windows down
We couldn't see the trees

And it was too damn loud
I will stand on your border
And I'll search through the clouds

Yeah we left New York City
With our windows down
Sold my new car
And bought a diamond ring

Bought a cheap car
And got down on one knee
Picked up a guitar I started rhyming
Gonna hit those charts
When I get my time in

We left New York City
With our windows down
We couldn't see the trees

And it was too damn loud
I will stand on your border
And I'll search through the clouds

Yeah we left New York City
With our windows down

I write you love letters
And I play them for people
We found a church
And then we found a steeple

And these songs I've been writing
Are paying the bills
We started a family
And you love me still

We left New York City
With our windows down
We couldn't see the trees

And it was too damn loud
I will stand on your border
And I'll search through the clouds
We left New York City
With our windows down

I was not your family
I was a stranger to you once
But you treated me like we had the same blood

I drove up tp a cabin
To Wisconsin in the woods
We shot fireworks and drank til we felt good

And the sky was clear
In that summer air

You showed me so much kindness
I do not understand
Who puts that kinda soul inside a man
And you always say the same thing
We believe in you
It was a little thing for us
That we just wanted to do

The night I met your family
The night I met your friends
There were plates of buttered shrimp and hungry hands
And as the fireworks were dying
The whiskey shots were flying
At 2 am something is cooking in the oven

The sun is rising in the Eastern sky

You showed me so much kindness
I do not understand
Who puts that kinda soul inside a man
And you always say the same thing
We believe in you
It was a little thing for us
That we just wanted to do

Someday I’ll make you proud
As proud as I am now
When I think of that day I smile clear and loud
And I always say the same thing
God sent those folks to me
To clear some brush off of the path to Tennessee
And to help me be the man I want to be

You showed me so much kindness
I do not understand
Who puts that kinda soul inside a man
And you always say the same thing
We believe in you
It was a little thing for us
That we just wanted to do

Walking down the avenue
Where we used to play
The house on the corner
Is still the same today
As it was when we were children
Innocent, as innocent can be

I borrowed all your records
you borrowed mine from me
We sat and talked for hours
In a box hung in a tree
We stole your daddy’s last bottle of gin

Ooh, those were the times
Ooh, those were the ways
So take me back
So take me back to the good old days

Looking back from here
I can see that we were blind
To the burdens
We would shoulder
And the struggles we would find
But growing made us strong
As strong can be

Ooh, those were the times
Ooh, those were the ways
So take me back
So take me back to the good old days

Ice cream until our heads hurt
We were trading candy bars
And sticks of bubble gum
Trying not to laugh in church

Do you remember, like I remember

Ooh, those were the times
Ooh, those were the ways
So take me back
So take me back

Ooh, those were the times
I wish we could've stayed
So take me back
So take me back to the good old days

The sun is warm there's a gentle breeze
All the birds are making homes inside the evergreens
The air is clear with our loved ones close
You can pick out every star without a telescope

So beautiful to see how we have changed

In time you know everything we’ve lost
Comes home again
And I will grab onto your arm a little stronger
Than we were before

I’ve missed your face has it been that long
Looking forward to a fire and a singalong
Let's stay the same as the children grow
And teach them all the simple things
We thought we used to know

In a word, in a day we are all brand new
And its love that we’re fighting for

I’m proud you know that we always held out hope
So if you grab onto my arm
Let's take a walk until the sun gets warm

In time you know everything we’ve lost
Comes home again
And I will grab onto your arm a little stronger
Than we were before

To the river, to the river, we go
Leave our worries on the shore and drift away
On the river, on the river, we know
Sometimes the perfect words are never said

I spilled my coffee, I don’t feel like talking my
Worries just keep growing by the day
I need a moment where the green and blue appear
To spin a rock and watch the ricochet

To the river, to the river, we go
Leave our worries on the shore and drift away
On the river, on the river, we know
Sometimes the perfect words are left unsaid
It could change your mind when you’re intertwined
With the water and the waves

As I grow older well, that boat I’ll never sell
It works better than the pills the doctor gave
And with that old fishing pole, I still catch em by the bucketful
The kids are helping on the grill and sneak a taste

To the river, to the river, we go
Leave our worries on the shore and drift away
On the river, on the river, we know
Sometimes the perfect words are never said
It could change your mind when you’re intertwined
With the water and the waves

I hope you find this place
Before you end your days
And if you see me out there wave hello