Our Journeys

Well you know, six years is a lot of days, and on some you probably wanted to run away But you stuck around, you stuck around And you'd think I would have wanted to stay in place, next to your laughter and your smiling face But I let you down, I let you down And I guess I'm going to have to live with that How I took a globe and made it flat How I went and bent your smile into frowns 'Cause I just couldn't stick around Now this song isn't one of mistake or regret I'm glad I chose what I chose and I'll take what I'll get But when push to comes to shove It still hurts to hurt someone you love And you were willing to spend your whole journey on me And the value of that maybe I just wouldn't see So please let me take the time to thank you now. Our journey was a strange and winding path Without a map, how could we do the math A journey filled with walks and zoos and musical clocks And cribs and toys and blocks. But our journey began under clouds from the start 'Cause we never could quite figure out that part About what we wanted to do And the story of me and you. And I never gave you one patch of solid ground, A place where could know you'd finally been found, And I'm so sorry I couldn't do, I couldn't do that for you And now our journeys travel down different roads And our language has lost its little codes And we're lost in a forest of money and schedules and legal details When we cross each other's trails (instrumental) And maybe there's no point to a song that comes in the midst of moving along But I believe that no kind word is better left unheard And every time that I recognize your smile in our daughter's eyes I'm grateful that we took a shot and I'm glad for what we got Not all stories come with explanations And not all journeys reach their destinations I hope your next trip finds a smoother ride I hope you're glad we tried.