[Intro] (pedal steel sigh, single piano note repeating, 4 bars, no guitar) [Verse 1] Sun came up, you came up with it Every single day I didn't deserve a thing about you You stayed anyway We never planned a single season Just took 'em as they came And when the lights went out around me You were the only flame [Pre-Chorus] I didn't say it near enough I'm saying it right now [Chorus] Hand in hand, hand in hand Through the dark and through the long You were every star I had to follow When the night came out all wrong And I was the song you couldn't remember But you hummed me anyway Hand in hand, hand in hand I'd choose you, I'd choose you again [Verse 2] You held us all up by yourself When I was coming apart Never once asked for the credit Just gave it from the heart That photo from the eighties We were young and didn't know Your hand was on my shoulder And mine was halfway home [Pre-Chorus] I almost let it slip away I'm holding on right now [Chorus] Hand in hand, hand in hand Through the dark and through the long You were every star I had to follow When the night came out all wrong And I was the song you couldn't remember But you hummed me anyway Hand in hand, hand in hand I'd choose you, I'd choose you again [Bridge] (stripped to acoustic guitar and voice only) You're the air I never think about You're the one I should've called You're the truest thing I ever found And I never earned you at all And if I go on first Or you go on ahead Some part of us keeps walking Right where this began [Chorus] (half-step lift, full band, harmonies enter) Hand in hand, hand in hand Through the dark and through the long You were every star I had to follow When the night came out all wrong And I was the song you couldn't remember But you hummed me anyway Hand in hand, hand in hand I'd choose you, I'd choose you again [Outro] (naked voice, room sound only, hard cut at end) Hand in hand Hand in hand I'd choose you again
