While I'm In The Wind (Acoustic)

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

Ooh, ooh

I've got this fear inside and it's crippling

You'll think more about the times we didn't spend

And you might cherish the photos I’m not in

Or think back to a childhood that I missed

You dropped me off at LAX, your mother said you cried in the car again

So I’m standing there at the baggage desk

But I’ve got more in my heart than I could afford to check in

Be back 'til Thursday, then I'll jet

And for a little mind it makes no sense

Why I, rarely tuck you into bed

And I wish that I did

I hope you understand someday

I hope you understand someday

I think back to the day when you turned three

I was off writing songs in the OC

In a dark room twelve thousand miles away

Just to pay for the candles on your cake

So I hope that when you're twenty three

It’s not me that fills your therapy

Did I build you a house, but you wanted a home

Where no one says, "Daddy don't go"

I hope you understand someday

What I did, I did for you

I hope you understand someday

I only did the best I could

And I know I probably made mistakes

Still work harder than I should

But I hope you understand someday

What I did, I did for you

So what is it about airplanes that feels so emotional?

I'm sitting here in a chair that's too small

And a heart that can’t hold it all

And the thought that this might not be worth what it costs us

Will land in my tear ducts in about three gin and tonics

It's when the tooth fairy calls or the school plays that I missed

And the prayers before bed I'll regret that I never said

The fights, the first steps, the five A.M. kiss

All the gold’s in the dirt

While I’m in the wind

While I'm in the wind

While I'm in the wind