Nightfall

I remember the first time you came to my door

And I told you all my heart was pouring out

I was worrying about the guy that I lived with at the time

And you laughed so loud you chased my fears away

That was thirty months ago in a place I left below

When I followed you all this way

And I'll be home before nightfall and I'll sleep in your bed

And I'll dream of all the things we'll never have

I will take my lead from you, I will jump in if you do

And I realize how fortunate I am

That I get to call you my friend

And we hear the freight train in the morning

When lightning is coloring the sky

And the cedars in the yard are a million miles apart

And the rain falls but everything stays dry

And I'll be home before nightfall and I'll sleep in your bed

And I'll dream of all the things we'll never have

I will take my lead from you, I will jump in if you do

And I realize how fortunate I am

That I get to call you my friend

There's a river and it's called the Colorado

And it flows where no riverboat can go

But you know that you and me, like the water, we are free

So please let me lighten your load

And I'll be home before nightfall and I'll sleep in your bed

And I'll dream of all the things we'll never have

I will take my lead from you, I will jump in if you do

And I realize how fortunate I am

That I get to call you my friend