Josh Ritter - Right Moves lyrics
[Josh Ritter - Right Moves lyrics]
All of a sudden at you’re back again
I thought you were happy with whoever
Or did you dream about me now and then?
Did you look up at the stars
And feel something for the constellations?
All those lovers circling 'round their loves
Slings and arrows, dogs and lions
Rivers separating touch from touch
The comedy of distance
The tragedy of separation
Am I making all the right moves?
Am I singing you the right blues?
Is there a time when I could call you
Just to see how you are doing?
I said, "How is it that you come back to me?
You don’t need the stories of my scars
Or in the stars to tell you nothing’s free
I traded all the innocence I
Ever had for hesitation"
I said, "Won’t you tell me where you been?"
You put a finger to my lips
And then you kissed me once and once again
The crickets all leapt up
And met the moon with a standing ovation
I heard the night birds picking up the song
You threw your hair back and you sang along
And I realized that I might lose you
You might lose me drift apart in the night
Never know why and not know how
I said
"What if we are like the northern sky?
What if there are things that come between us
That we can’t take back and
We can’t make right?"
You said, "I don’t know darlin’
But, I’m here with you
And we’re coming to the chorus now"
I thought you were happy with whoever
Or did you dream about me now and then?
Did you look up at the stars
And feel something for the constellations?
All those lovers circling 'round their loves
Slings and arrows, dogs and lions
Rivers separating touch from touch
The comedy of distance
The tragedy of separation
Am I making all the right moves?
Am I singing you the right blues?
Is there a time when I could call you
Just to see how you are doing?
I said, "How is it that you come back to me?
You don’t need the stories of my scars
Or in the stars to tell you nothing’s free
I traded all the innocence I
Ever had for hesitation"
I said, "Won’t you tell me where you been?"
You put a finger to my lips
And then you kissed me once and once again
The crickets all leapt up
And met the moon with a standing ovation
I heard the night birds picking up the song
You threw your hair back and you sang along
And I realized that I might lose you
You might lose me drift apart in the night
Never know why and not know how
I said
"What if we are like the northern sky?
What if there are things that come between us
That we can’t take back and
We can’t make right?"
You said, "I don’t know darlin’
But, I’m here with you
And we’re coming to the chorus now"