All That We Let In lyrics

Artist  : Indigo Girls 
Song : All That We Let In
 


Oooooooo

Oooooooo

Oooooooo



Dust in our eyes our own boots kicked up

Heartsick we nursed along the way we picked
up

You may not see it when it's sticking to your
skin

But we're better off for all that we let in



Lost friends and loved ones much too young

So much promises and work left undone

When all that guards us is a single
centerline

And the brutal crossing over when it's time



Oooooooo

(I don't know where it all begins)

Oooooooo

(And I don't know where it all will end)

Oooooooo

(We're better off for all that we let in)



One day those toughies will be withered up and
bent

The father son the holy warriors and the
president

With glory days of put up dukes for all the world
to see

Beaten into submission in the name of the
free



We're in a nevolution I have heard it said

Everyone's so busy now but do we move ahead

The planets hurting and atoms splitting

And a sweater for your love you sit there
knitting



Oooooooo

(I don't know where it all begins)

Oooooooo

(And I don't know where it all will end)

Oooooooo

(We're better off for all that we let in)



See those crosses on the side of the road

Tied with ribbons in the medium

They make me grateful I can go this far

Lay me down and never wake me up again



Kat writes a poem and she sticks it on my
truck

We don't believe in war and we don't believe in
luck

The birds were calling to her what were they
saying

As the gate blew open the tops of the trees were
swaying



I've passed the cemetery walk my dog down
there

I read the names in stone and say a silent
prayer

When I get home you're cooking supper on the
stove

And the greatest gift of life is to know love



Oooooooo

(I don't know where it all begins)

Oooooooo

(And I don't know where it all will end)

Oooooooo

(We're better off for all that we let in)