Out Here

Out here when you light a smoke on the porch
You can hear the paper burning
The moon is the only light
In the silence you can hear it turning

Down over the ridge by the highway
You'll hear the cars, they come and fade
It's like that out here
You can hear things for miles else, and miles away

Out here I make the only human lights
I am the only human sound
It's my privilige to lie awake at night
And think of what I have lost, and hope for what might be found

Out here you'll find out who your friends are
When the darkness comes and kills the day
There's an ache in every corner of the heart
For the ones who are miles away

Out here there's always work to be done
And I do what I can
Came down to a choice
Love or run...I ran

Winter will come and get ahold of my heart and squeeze
And I will long for your touch
Wonder what kind of fool am I when I leave it
If I loved it so much

I would call you on the phone
And I would struggle for the words to say
"I swear that I am working on the things
That keep me miles away."

Out here it's not as bad as I tell it
You got your rocks, you got your rivers, got your trees
Nothing comes easily
But what comes has brought at last a little peace

Out here it's so silent
You can hear your heart talking
One day that heart might tell you which way to go
You might start walking

You know that I will (9x)

Out here when you light a smoke on the porch
You can hear the paper burning
The moon is the only light
I hear it turning