Chorus: Only earthly words May I wrestle from my pen Your searing beauty Sparks a fire deep within Earthly words Send postcards to my tongue Earthly words showin’ how You foresee the ghostly love in every one Verse 1: That way you stir your coffee Or reach out for my hand No earthly words could ever capture Or any words bound for the promised land Verse 2: Newborn robin pecks at the window On a frosty kitchen morn Rests her precious wing on the Bible Into this restless world is sworn Verse 3: Coming back from my Mama’s services Each elm on E. Street takes it’s bow Teetering canoe eyes convinced me Pray we marry up somehow Middle Chorus: Only earthly words May I wrestle from my pen Your searing beauty Sparks a fire deep within Earthly words Percolate on my tongue Earthly words showin’ how You foresee the ghostly love in every one Bridge: Now darlin’ strait into your heavenly eyes Under criss cross trails of checkered skies Swear I’ll take that long long long long everlasting longing dive Verse 5: I carry you home from our bar band gig You said, “Johnny look ahead for dark ice” Then smiled, “I nearly nailed it on ‘Yesterday’ Haunted them to shivers on Willie’s cryin’ blue eyes” Verse 6: Fresh batch of baby robins Outta their nest. Late April snow Stir your coffee. Feel my hand (Blind your whole life) This world will never know Final Chorus: Only earthly words May I wrestle from my pen Your searing beauty Sparks a fire deep within Earthly words Fightin’ for freedom from my tongue Earthly words showin’ how You conjure the ghost of love out of every last one
