I was holding my breath When the tightrope walker slipped into the moonglow Saying all my children, follow me Maybe it's time to go You can be chrome when you're wise Can be wise when you're blue And baby, if I have Then I have for you Bribing the jury to keep me in jail Singing "Tea for the Tillerman" And although I lie fantastically I swore an oath on my history It's a miracle I can see
You can be wrong when you're right Even when you're right on cue And if I die tonight Then I die for you Calling on those that call me son Great grandson and grandson Great uncles, aunts, and relatives To judge what I have done Gonna make it right by you Even if it's all I do And if it's all I do Then I do it for you
People have raised a whole lotta hell About the water and the windmill And although I stab quixotically It hurts no one but me Even the darkness has arms But it ain't got you And baby I have it And I have you too
And the light in the window To pass the night through Maybe so uncertain But what can I do? Keepin' it on Keepin' it on And I know I like it But what does that prove? Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you
I bring to you with reverent hands All the books that my love abides Kind woman that my passion wore Like the shoreline wears the tides Maybe the water went dry Keeping an eye on you And with an eye on you It could drown me too
People will raise a whole lotta hell About the water and the windmill And although I stab quixotically I swore an oath on my history It's a miracle I can see Even the darkness has arms But they ain't got you Baby, I have it And I have you, too
And the light in the window To pass the night through Maybe so uncertain But what can I do? Keepin' it on Keepin' it on And I know I like it But what does that prove? Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you
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