father's heart - lover's hand

from Night Hymns by mark mathis

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lyrics

hope is in your hand
and it's pulling me out of the sandspit
oh son, oh man

come two by two
colored pink and blue
oh girl, my world

but i wrote you a love song
and i changed it to the third person
and i hummed it under my breath as i made love to you
but the lights turned out and the colors fled
to a safer place to another bed
so call me quietly down to you this evening

try to understand
i am not a jealous man
but you are light
babe, you are air

only he can restore me
according to his mercy
oh son, oh man

when i came to you - you were sleeping
and when my train arrived - you were leaving
we can break this ice and calm the seas of treason
and i wish that i was a simple man
with a father's heart and a lover's hand
so call me quietly down to you this evening

and baby if you want to be my love
you're gonna have to learn how to trust
and i know it isn't really all that tough
it just seems to be

I'm calling out your name in the storm
you're laying in your bed safe and warm
i never had a cause to do you harm
it's just some lightning

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from Night Hymns, released November 19, 2013

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