Robin Holcomb - When Was The Last Time Lyrics
When was the last timeYou were the witness toThe blacks of night blurring into blueAnd the weird grey lightThat washes up and over youThe heavy blanket lifted, strangeAnd each fresh breath, so soft, feels newCan you name that place right nowWhere the dawn came over youOr do you feel you live too farFrom anywhere wild?I sent ahead some money so they'd hold me for a roomWith a window that can openNot an easy thing to find hereUneven snow is falling somewhere in another townThe fat wet flakes so lazyThat they suck up all the soundHere they're hanging lights and bells for ChristmasUp and down the streetsIt used to be a desert here, I knowI tried to go out walkingAhead the sky was burningPainted snowflakes on the windowsSnowflakes painted on the schoolyardAnd the little bells all ringing, ringingWhen you stop or finally startTo take the time to noticeEvery child who's wildingOr tangled in the mountainsIs singingRunning in the shadowsIf you get up in the morningO, catch me if you canTurn each houseyard to a wild placeThe house too big, the house too bigLet each family breathe the sweet airIn the morningPale doomsayers on streetcornersThese we shall unbalanceIf you get up in the morningI will look you in the eyeLike many who have gone beforeWe've moved so many timesI chose a small town from the mapIt had the same name a mineBut when we got there, there was justA pole, a tree, a field, a signFollowed at slow speed by a patrol carAnd there's no passingLost towns are dying inside of verdant fieldsO, I can show youPale ghost signs flapping in the windsI will drive slowlyHow will you recogniseThe place of your birth?O, how many will knowOf your place on this earth?I am trying to live like I taught my babyTrying to live like I taught my babyAnd I'm going to try to liveLike I learned from my babyTry to live like I taught my babyTry to live like I taught my babyAnd I'm going to try to liveLike I learned from my babyThe sun comes upAnd the world beginsWe used to lie there sleepingTry to live like I taught my babyTry to live like I taught my baby toAnd I'm going to try to liveLike I learned from my baby
