///*****/// [Intro] A church bell out of tune And the whole town standing still [Verse 1] They put the flowers on the hillside And they all went home to eat And I stayed out in the cold there With the grass around my feet And I did not know the language That a man is meant to speak So I said the only thing I had Which was nothing, for a week And the sky went on above me Like it had somewhere to be And I hated it for turning And it turned in spite of me [Pre-Chorus] And they told me you were resting And they told me it was time And every word they gave me Was a stone I could not climb [Chorus] But heaven knows your name Even if I cannot say it Heaven knows your name And I will learn again to play it On a night when I am able On a night I am not afraid Heaven knows your name And it knows the way you stayed Oh, heaven knows your name [Verse 2] There is a coat still in the closet And a bootprint by the door And a cup with your particular Small crack along the floor And I cannot move a single thing And I cannot leave it be So I live inside a photograph That will not live with me And the mornings are the hardest Because for a second and a half I forget the whole entire thing And I turn to make you laugh [Pre-Chorus] And the second and a half is heaven And the rest of it is not And I would trade a hundred years For that half second I have got [Chorus] But heaven knows your name Even if I cannot say it Heaven knows your name And I will learn again to play it On a night when I am able On a night I am not afraid Heaven knows your name And it knows the way you stayed Oh, heaven knows your name [Verse 3] Somebody said last Thursday That it was time I moved along And I nearly put him through a wall And that was very wrong Because he meant it as a kindness And he did not understand That the grief is not a visitor It is the country where I stand And I will build a house here And I will make it warm and true And there will be a room I keep for me And a room I keep for you [Pre-Chorus] And one day I will laugh again And it will not be a crime And you will be there in the laughing Like you always were in mine [Bridge] So let the church bell hang there rusted Let the preacher say his part I have got a better liturgy And it is beating in my heart And it says your name at midnight And it will not come apart [Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] Because heaven knows your name And tonight I finally said it Heaven knows your name And I am learning how to play it On a night when I am able On a night I am not afraid Heaven knows your name And so do I, and so I stayed Oh, heaven knows your name [Coda] Goodnight to the hillside Goodnight to the stone Goodnight to the woman Who never left me alone I will see you in the morning Or in forty years or so Keep the light on in the window And I will let you know [Outro] A church bell out of tune And a man who finally sings Heaven knows your name Heaven knows
