Paint + Turpentine

歌詞

Think I must've been twenty-five They let me sneak in through the side And I sat in the dark on a pin-drop night Like a school kid, memorizing Heard the skies of Texas sing Songs you made with wood and strings You sure knew how to make them ring Cigarette ashes flying And it goes on and on and on and on Until it's almost gone The maps unfold until we're old All the places we come from On and on and on and on But some things take their time To age enough to shine With paint turpentine Do we choose where our story goes? Does some spirit already know? Those things you try to never show Kid, they see right through you Lightning cracks and glimmers flick As magic as a magic trick When truths arrive, better grab 'em quick Write them down before they lose you And it goes on and on and on and on Until it's nearly gone Life intrudes, and the things we lose End up in a song On and on and on and on Some gifts will take their time And age enough to shine Like poems, friends, and wine I had the strangest dream last night Standing on the porch, and the moon so bright Memory cut like a Randall knife Felt like it went right through me Sure, we go on and on and on and on Until we're finally gone Museum dust settles on a truss Thirty bucks to look around On and on and on and on This memory took its time To age enough to shine Like paint and turpentine And songs, guitars, and wine Guy, this one is mine