I hear the train all night Sound of it's wind blowing through our subtle lives And I have a job to do walking these cars Walking all this sleep to get to you But I don't feel you stir beside me And you're not in my morning hours
Some ties are made to break Some stalks grow high and green to rot away And feel the weight
And these lines tell a truth These city veins answer all we do So could you keep me in the pulses Could you keep me in the sound
I got wise and I got old Not once, not once did I fold So don't you now
Maybe you bet on me While we were still young enough to know What to believe
For every year you took For every soft breath or loving look Believe me
And don't keep me like you have me And don't kiss me like you don't
I got wise and I got old Not once, not once did I fall So don't you now
Some land holds a home Some of my years only hold me to roam But I tell myself it's true You see a home you see a man You see it too
And I say "Don't you know you have her Go on kiss her now you boy."
I got wise and I got old Not once, not once did I fall So don't you now
I got wise and I got old Not once, not once did I fall So don't you now