Timing (Live from Tootsie's Orchid Lounge)

[Room Settles / Colt Fingerpicks Acoustic Guitar] [Colt — quietly] I'm gonna do one that's... Pretty damn personal to me. [Pause] My wife and I... We knew each other a long time before... We were ever we. And it's funny lookin' back at it now. All the places I went... All the people I met... All the dumb decisions I made... [Soft Crowd Laugh] And the person I was supposed to end up with... Was already there. [Pause / Guitar Continues] I guess sometimes... The right person can come into your life... Before you're the person you're supposed to be for 'em. [Brief Silence] This one's for my wife. It's called Timing. [Verse 1] I was runnin' every road I could find Chasin' somethin' I couldn't define Lookin' everywhere but where you were Didn't know my heart already knew her Same old town, same old nights Different faces, different lights But you were always right there in the frame... Guess I just... Took the long way. [Pedal Steel Quietly Enters] [Pre-Chorus] All those years... All that space... Just led me right back... To your face. [Chorus] It was always you I just didn't see it All that time I was out here reachin' For a love that felt Like comin' home Girl, you were right there... All along. Now every road Makes sense somehow All that lost... Turned into now And if I could change it I wouldn't change a thing... Yeah, we were always right... It was just... The timing. [Pedal Steel Lingers / Room Stays Quiet] [Verse 2 — Upright Bass Softly Enters] Twenty years And a million memories Never thought you'd be... Everything to me Now we got a little heartbeat Runnin' 'round Got your smile... Got my last name now. [Colt Takes a Breath] And I see you in that morning light Holdin' him... And holdin' my whole life Every day feels like I woke up right... Like I finally... Got it right. [Short Instrumental / Colt Collects Himself] [Pre-Chorus] All those wrong turns... Led me here... To the one... That's always been so clear. [Chorus] It was always you I just didn't see it All that time I was out here reachin' For a love that felt Like comin' home Girl, you were right there... All along. Now every road Makes sense somehow All that lost... Turned into now If I could change it I wouldn't change a thing... 'Cause we were always right... It was just... The timing. [Pedal Steel Fades / Band Completely Drops Out] [Bridge — Colt & Guitar Only] If I'd found you back then... Would we be who we are? Would we have this life? Would we have... His heart? [Long Pause] Maybe every goodbye... Every mistake... Every road I took... Every heart I broke along the way... Had to happen... Had to fall in line... So I'd know what I had... When I could finally... Call you mine. [Silence / Single Guitar Note] [Colt — almost spoken] Maybe we weren't late at all. [Pause] Maybe we were... Right on time. [Pedal Steel Slowly Returns] [Final Chorus — Building Gradually] It was always you... Yeah, I see it now Every wrong turn Brought me back around To a love that I was meant to find... Just took... A little time. [Soft Harmonies Enter] Now every day Feels like a dream You... Me... And everything between And forever started Without a warning sign... We were always right... [Band Drops Away] We were always... Right... [Guitar Only] It was just... The timing. [Final Chord Rings / Several Seconds of Silence] [Crowd Breaks Into Warm Applause] [Colt — quietly] I love you, baby. [Pause] Turns out... We weren't late after all.