[Intro] I left my coat on the station chair Two paper maps in the midnight air Your last blue letter beside my hand And every road runs out of land [Verse 1] I gave my Sunday to the one who called My best advice to the one who stalled I kept three promises past their end And called each ending a chance to mend You asked me which way I meant to go I named four towns I would never know Now at the fork where the mile signs lean I can't tell duty from what I mean [Pre-Chorus] I spent my yes like borrowed light Till every window asked for mine Now all these paths are pulling hard And I can’t read my own heart [Chorus] At the fork in the road, I’m standing still With a thousand names and a borrowed will I gave my love till the well ran dry Now which way home, and whose reply? If I turn back, who waits in the rain? If I walk on, do I lose them again? I can’t keep every hand in mine I have to choose one road this time [Verse 2] There’s Mara’s porch with the chipped green rail There’s your train leaving past the old grain scale There’s a long white road to a quiet place Where no one knows me by my giving face I hear their needs like a kitchen clock Each little knock, each little knock But underneath that familiar call A small clear voice says, “You can’t save them all” [Pre-Chorus] I thought that love meant staying near No matter what it cost me here But a heart can open, still need a door And I can’t pour from an empty drawer [Chorus] At the fork in the road, I’m standing still With a thousand names and a borrowed will I gave my love till the well ran dry Now which way home, and whose reply? If I turn back, who waits in the rain? If I walk on, do I lose them again? I can’t keep every hand in mine I have to choose one road this time [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] The map is soft from the years I held it The ink has run where the tears fell through No road can promise I’ll never hurt them No kind goodbye makes the leaving untrue So let them be angry, let them be changed Let the old picture come loose from its frame I’ll carry the love, but not every demand And take one step with my own two hands [Final Chorus] At the fork in the road, I’m moving now No grand answer, no sacred vow I gave my love till I could not see The road that might belong to me If some turn away, I’ll grieve what we had If some come along, we’ll make the miles glad I can’t keep every hand in mine But I can choose a road this time [Outro] One step, one breath, the morning starts A little more room inside my heart The road bends out beyond my sight I choose the way that feels like mine
