Lyrics

When the loneliness fall on you like a bitter winter rain,
that pours down in sheets on the desperate Western plain,
when lightning licks at the horizon, an angry, ancient tongue,
splits the darkness, spread like ink, across the prairie like a stain.

It will be all right,
it will be all right.
A stronger wind will lift
and blow the fiercest storm away.
It will be all right,
it will be all right.
A tender breeze will rise
to make the bending grasses sway.
And when the stars spring out
like a million scattered jewels,
when the pale moon sighs,
it will be all right.

Grief is threatening to drown you when the river crests its banks,
rolling over weathered houses, frightened soldiers breaking ranks.
When it’s up to your shoulders, but the flood has just begun,
trusted hands will reach to lift you, grateful knees will bend in thanks.

When the sun warms the mesa with it’s rose and golden light,
there’s a blessing in the morning, there is meaning in the night.

When the stars spring out like a million scattered jewels,
when the pale moon sighs, it will be all right.

I’ve got a star in an indigo sky,
I’ve got a gleam in a passionate eye,
flash in the dark of a firefly,
and I’ve got hopes for you.

I’ve got the echo of a wild loon’s cry,
I’ve got the promise of a sweet goodbye,
I gotta laugh and I don’t know why,
and I’ve got hopes for you.

Oh, silence breaking,
frog is jumping in.
Oh, I’ve been aching
to sit with you again.

I’ve got the snap of a fresh green bean,
I’ve got a treat after Halloween,
the fading remains of a dreaming scene,
and I’ve got hopes for you.

Oh, fire’s raging,
wind’s a bitter chill.
Oh, bodies aging,
hearts are youthful still.

I’ve got the breath of a distant sound
I’ve got a racer who’s closing ground.
the first thing you see when you turn around
and I’ve got hopes for you.
I’ve got hopes for you.

I’m the thing you find when you’re born,
you might search for me all of your life.
I’m as hard and as tempered as unpolished steel,
I will bend like a sapling in May.
I will bloom and I will fade,
I will haunt your nights and brighten your days.

Guess my name.

Rare as an orchid in Tucson,
Common as the moss by a brook,
Shiniest gemstone that’s ever been found,
you may toss me away like a rock.
You might pick me up again,
hold me close, I’m as true as a tender friend.
Guess my name.

Everybody’s heart is a riddle.
Everyone is larger than all of their schemes.
Everybody’s sleep is a blanket of dreams.
Everybody wakes to the sun.
Everybody loses their way in the dark of night.
Everybody wants to find their own light.

I’m the answer to every mystery,
you might not understand me at all.
Only I can be freely given away
I will cost you all that you own.
I can sure tear your world apart,
I, only I, only I will break your heart.
Guess my name.

I’m as deep and as full as the ocean
I’m a thirst that can rarely be quenched,
Precious pearl in a world you will yearn for forever,
I’m a gift, I am hard to accept.
I’m the promise of another day,
when you come, when you go, it’s I who will stay.
Guess my name.