[Verse 1] You left your old blue coat beside the door The rain kept time against the kitchen pane I found your note beneath the grocery list Two crooked lines that said, “We’ll try again” [Pre-Chorus] So I set the table for the morning Put the cracked cup where you like it best If the road has taken all our answers Let this little room become our yes [Chorus] We can begin where the river bends Where the worn-out road lets the sunlight in Take my hand, let the hard years fall We are still here, and that is everything One more dawn, one more honest try I’ll meet you there with my heart held wide If you can believe, I can believe again We can begin, we can begin [Verse 2] Your laugh came back while we were washing dishes Soap bubbles floated past the window frame You told me how the garden’s leaning sideways I told you I had missed you saying my name [Pre-Chorus] No grand promise has to save us No perfect words to make us whole Just your sleeve brushing my shoulder And the quiet courage to come close [Chorus] We can begin where the river bends Where the worn-out road lets the sunlight in Take my hand, let the hard years fall We are still here, and that is everything One more dawn, one more honest try I’ll meet you there with my heart held wide If you can believe, I can believe again We can begin, we can begin [Bridge] Let the old hurt loosen, let it leave There is room to breathe beneath these years I won’t ask the past to disappear Only stay beside me while we heal [Final Chorus] We can begin where the river bends Where the worn-out road lets the sunlight in Take my hand, let the hard years fall We are still here, and that is everything One more dawn, one more honest try I’ll meet you there with my heart held wide If you can believe, I can believe again We can begin, we can begin [Outro] The blue coat hangs beside the door And morning finds us here once more
