There's a tower on fire in the center of the world There's a tear of rage inside her eye There's a young girl waiting for a man who'll never come But love and tears go by Love and tears go by Well you left me standing by the side of the road Left me the day my brother died And I cried naked like the day that I was born But love and tears go by Love and tears go by Well another love has left me and I'm broken as the dawn They leave me forever asking why Though the night seems never ending the sun will rise again Cause love and tears go by Both love and tears go by Well he reached one hundred and then he met his death He saw her laugh then saw her cry Then he leaned in closely with his very final breath Said love and tears go by Love and tears go by.

Saw a train derailed this morning On its side by the side of the track On the front written bound for glory Just the one way written on the back Bloody moon and a wounded sun No one knows when their time will come If you could then promise me this Let me know on the very last kiss Keep me sane and keep me warm Keep my insides from out the storm Drag me out of this deep I'm in River running faster than I can swim Saw your blood on that patch of wall Keep on banging and that thing will fall I know your scull heavy as lead That brick will crack long before your head I've been loved and I've been burned I've watched as the springtime turned All too soon into winter rain Keep me warm and keep me sane Keep me sane and keep me warm Keep my insides from out the storm Drag me out of this deep I'm in River running faster than I can swim.

I hadn't cried in fifteen years Then you came into my life I gave to you my only heart Though I know you held a knife I've walked beneath the golden sun And the blue December moon If you say you'll stay with me Forever will be too soon Well I wonder where you are tonight Are you with another man? Does he hold you, does he kiss you right Does he wake you with a hand? Does he walk beneath the golden sun And the blue December moon If you say you'll stay with me Forever will be too soon Well I've watch the last of this years leaves As they fall between my hands Love is brief and time is cruel As I sink beneath its sands I've walked beneath the golden sun And the blue December moon If you say you'll stay with me Forever will be too soon.

See the man standing on the platform On his way back home from a war He sees her there through the smoke of his breath Sees her standing alone in the door She was just a girl maybe seventeen Shivering in the winter cold With hair like the leaves that blew around her feet Auburn dipped in gold Sister Mary threw those petals high up in the air As we read our wedding vow I will love you for a lifetime at least Forever just as now He cupped his hand around her cigarette She smiled and bowed her head 'Are you waiting for a train or for someone?' She sighed 'My someone's dead' They talked for hours till his train came They kiss and then they part He dreamed as the tracks took him homeward And listened to the beat of his heart Sister Mary threw those petals high up in the air As we read our wedding vow I will love you for a lifetime at least Forever just as now His wife came and met him at the station Five long years he'd been away She told him how their children both had grown Neither had very much to say They walked alone by the river She was scared to hold his hand He'd already seen what she tried to hide She'd sold her golden wedding band Sister Mary threw those petals high up in the air As we read our wedding vow I will love you for a lifetime at least Forever just as now He told her that she was looking older She told him 'Well that's what time will do' 'Every day's been a battle since you've been away' He said 'I've had my battles too' His children they met him in the hallway A soldier and a stranger in their home She said 'I thought our Daddy was a baker' The only man they'd ever known Sister Mary threw those petals high up in the air As we read our wedding vow I will love you for a lifetime at least Forever just as now 'My dear, five years is a long time I did some things I didn't want to do But please don't hate me for surviving Our children needed clothing and food' He flew into a rage and left them shaking He ran back and boarded the train With that young girl he'd left at the station And hot blood pounding in his brain Sister Mary threw those petals high up in the air As we read our wedding vow I will love you for a lifetime at least Forever just as now The train took him back to that station He stood where he'd stood years before And through the smoke of his cigarette Again, he saw her standing in the door Now just a little older than seventeen Still shivering in the winter cold With hair like the leaves that blew around her feet Silver where once was gold They talked for hours till the moon rose Then in the twilight they both began to cry Then all went quiet in the station And the dead leaves danced across the sky Sister Mary threw those petals high up in the air As we read our wedding vow I will love you for a lifetime at least Forever just as now.

Well I walk a road of broken glass I see you smile as you dance past I've never been so far from my home Well I right my lines and I play my part There's no ink like the blood from a broken heart Don't let me sing my lines alone I've been to heaven and I got barred For singing love is sweet but love is hard Just say you'll see me too Somewhere in this midnight blue Well you look at me like love was a crime Like I don't have the money to buy your time If that's all true then I'll be on my way And I'll take my coat and I'll take my leave And I'll rip my heart from off my sleeve Then I hear your voice calling me to stay I've been to heaven and I got barred For singing love is sweet but love is hard Just say you'll see me too Somewhere in this midnight blue When we met by the bridge I heard the clock tower ring I heard the music of the river and an angel sing Nearer than my thoughts closer than my blood I hear a voice in the distance, did you call my name? I can't make it out through the biblical rain Will we meet on the other side of the flood I've been to heaven and I got barred For singing love is sweet but love is hard Just say you'll see me too Somewhere in this midnight blue.