Late for the sky lyrics

Artist  : Jackson browne 
Song : Late for the sky
 
The words had all been spoken
And somehow the feeling still wasn't right
And still we continued on through the night
Tracing our steps from the beginning
Until they vanished into the air
Trying to understand how our lives had led us
there
Looking hard into your eyes
The was nobody I'd ever known
Such an empty surprise to feel so alone
Now for me some words come easy
But I know that they don't mean that much
Compared with the things that are said when
lovers touch
You never knew what I loved in you
I don't know what you loved in me
Maybe the picture of somebody you were hoping I
might be
Awake again, I can't pretend, and I know I'm
alone
And close to the end of the feeling we've known
How long have I been sleeping
How long have I been drifting alone through the
night
How long have I been dreaming I could make it
right
If I closed my eyes and tried with all my might
To be the one you need
Awake again, I can't pretend, and I know I'm
alone
And close to the end of the feeling we've known
How long have I been sleeping
How long have I been driftin alone through the
night
How long have I been running for that morning
flight
Through the whispered promises and the changing
light
Of the bed where we both lie
Late for the sky
--
Kerry Adkins
kadkins@geocities.com