Lyrics

[Verse 1] I was holding my breath When the tightrope walker slipped into the moon glow Saying all my children, follow me Maybe it's time to go [Refrain] You can be chrome when you're wise Can be wise when you're blue And baby, if I have Then I have for you [Verse 2] Bribing the jury to keep me in jail Singing "Tea for the Tillerman" And although I lie fantastically I swore an oath on my history, it's a miracle I can see [Refrain] You can be wrong when you're right Even when you're right on cue And if I die tonight Then I die for you [Verse 3] Calling on those that call me son Great grandson and grandson Great uncles, aunts, and relatives To judge what I have done [Refrain] Gonna make it right by you Even if it's all I do And if it's all I do Then I do it for you [Pre-Chorus] People will raise a whole lotta hell About the water and the windmill And although I stab Quixotically It hurts no one but me Even the darkness has arms But it ain't got you And baby, I have it And I have you too [Chorus] And the light in the window To pass the night through Maybe so uncertain But what can I do? Keepin' it on, keepin' it on And I know I like it But what does that prove? Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you [Instrumental Break] [Verse 5] I bring to you with reverent hands All the books that my love abides Kind woman that my passion wore Like the shoreline wears the tides [Refrain] Maybe the water went dry Keeping an eye on you And with an eye on you It could drown me too [Pre-Chorus] People will raise a whole lotta hell About the water and the windmill And although I stab Quixotically I swore an oath on my history, it's a miracle I can see Even the darkness has arms But they ain't got you Baby, I have it And I have you, too [Chorus] And the light in the window To pass the night through Maybe so uncertain But what can I do? Keepin' it on, keepin' it on And I know I like it But what does that prove? Sometimes I worry I don't know how to love you