The Distance

Two lonely lovers Looking for others To hold all that they have to give But taking the leap Is never as steep As going the distance Constellations of fireflies Light up the summer skies We can't help but stay out til dawn The dew on the grass My head in your lap And you're humming softly Cast iron and glass Makes a careful match Your down home strength My fragile tenderness The mist of the downpour Comes in through the screen door We're dancing by hurricane lantern You're hand on my waist Your eyes on my face I feel like you know me All the cruel things we've said Some still in our heads They hover and settle between us What do you take me for I'll walk out the door But I'm already looking back Cast iron and glass Makes a careful match Your down home strength My fragile tenderness Cast iron and glass Makes a careful match Your down home strength My fragile tenderness Are the bones of this house Ooo ooo oo oo oo oo Two lonely lovers Looking for others To hold all that they have to give But taking the leap Is never as steep As going the distance