Songs:Nobody's Baby (103423)

Lyrics

I dance at the proper occasion
I can barely remember to smile
It’s the burden of office I ‘m bearing
The click of the train rolling by
I’ve forgiven myself so often
Each tug at my heart feels like rain
Every trail I chose
Would open then close
Each prayer led to nothing but pain
There’s a poverty born in the bottle
A treason too deep to define
The promise of shame no poet can claim
The scream of a breath held too tight
I have stood on the banks of the river
Steeling this body for flight
Sown in the breeze, first buried then free
Leaving each sorrow behind
She was always my baby
I’d hold her to keep her from cryin’
In the warm fire’s glow, it was hard to let go
She was nobody’s baby but mine
I stare at the longest of sunsets
Waters that curl and slide
In the loneliest hour there’s a feeling of power
From holding you close by my side
Quietly stirring and stretching
The blankets all fold to the floor
All the lies I believe, all the pressures to please
Are gone like dust out the door
She was always my baby
I’d hold her to keep her from cryin’
In the warm fire’s glow, it was hard to let go
She was nobody’s baby but mine