[PAUSE 6 BEATS] [INTRO] [GUITAR PICKING] [VERSE] Starin’ out my window my troubled thoughts just won’t let go glass hazy with coffee steam rising from circles of cream [REFRAIN] how can you know what’s in your heart when you’re mind just won’t let it start [PAUSE] [VERSE] thinkin’ on a kid I saw yesterday sittin’ on the swings all by himself talking to his shoes cause there was no one else [VERSE] other kids were playin’ kickball out in the field took me back and made me feel about four feet tall [VERSE] I wondered if that boy would ever know he had more to show than just an old pair of shoes that won’t run without you [PAUSE] [REFRAIN] how can you know what’s in your heart when you’re mind just won’t let it start [CHORUS] I think I understand that there is no plan just a journey of the soul and you just can’t go [PAUSE] without a reason to be [INTERLUDE] [VERSE] A thud on the window breaks the rhythm of the rain a sparrow tryin to find shelter from the storm stunned from his faltered flight [VERSE] I saw four other birds hiding in a tree payin’ no mind just hoppin’ around and makin’ little sounds [VERSE] The sparrow recovers and flies up to make five as I recall the fee covers four but you always get the last one free because it doesn’t matter to me [PAUSE] [AD LIB] but as I recall the lesson it matters to the one who made the birds instead of givin’ ‘em shoes he gave them wings [REFRAIN] how can you know what’s in your heart when you’re mind just won’t let it start [CHORUS] I think I understand that there is no plan just a journey of the soul and you just can’t go [PAUSE] without a reason to be [GUITAR SOLO] [REFRAIN] how can you know what’s in your heart when you’re mind just won’t let it start [CHORUS] I think I understand that there is no plan just a journey of the soul and you just can’t go [PAUSE] without a reason to be
