Your motivation came suddenly
Almost like you had a vision
And I'll do anything to support you
With just one provision
You can travel wide and travel far
But just keep me in your heart
Like the northern star
You were always special
From the start that was a given
How was I to know
Just how driven you would be
To see the world
Now you're off and under power
Sails unfurled
Oceans come with storms
And storms come without warning
So hold on tight, do what you need to do
And you'll be there by morning
Now the time has come
For me to watch you sail away
You've charted all your courses
And you start to leave the bay
Someday you will find a home brand new
But there will always be a port here
Safe and true
Oceans come with storms
And storms come without warning
So hold on tight, do what you need to do
And you'll be there by morning
Now the time has come
For me to watch you sail away
You've charted all your courses
And you start to leave the bay
Someday you will find a home brand new
But there will always be a port here
Safe and true
There will always be a port here
Safe and true
Hanging with your friends
On a summer night
Beer buzz, stars overhead
Everything's alright
Times like this
Seems it's never gonna change
But when you turn around
There's no turning back again
Like a train across the countryside
You see so many things
It's such a crazy ride
And sometimes
I know you can't get enough
But the station's coming soon
And I know goodbyes are rough
I can see how it's all gonna go
We're all getting older now
And it's starting to show
When I was a younger girl
I just couldn't see
But just look at the changes
That the years have put on me
Take your darlings, hold them close by
Tell them "I love you"
Come on now don't be shy
Any moment you or I
Could go
And that's the honest truth
But I think you know
Gotta keep your loved ones near
the words you long to say
are the words they long to hear
I can see how it's gonna end
One day we'll say goodbye forever
My forever friend
But your ride's not over yet
There's still some track to run
So you gotta roll along
Til your journey's done
You gotta keep rolling on
Til your journey's done
Gray and black at autumn’s end
Wood smoke is rising on the hill
Far across the valley
Everything is silent, cold and still
Empty coat rack on the wall
Boots no longer waiting in the hall
No one needs a ride to town
Not another soul is anywhere around
So what were you thinking anyway?
You know that nothing here
Can ever stay
How did you think that things would end?
You knew one day a quiet house
Would be your friend
But when it finally comes to pass
It’s hard to comprehend
Everything in life comes to an end
When your child was younger
Life was full of wonder from the start
So too was your childhood
When you left home
You broke your mother’s heart
But that’s the way it’s supposed to work
For all that joy you’re gonna feel a little hurt
So what were you thinking anyway?
You know that nothing here
Can ever stay
How did you think that things would end?
You knew one day a quiet house
Would be your friend
But when it finally comes to pass
It’s hard to comprehend
Everything in life comes to an end
All across the universe,
Nothing’s better, nothing’s worse
Every form must say goodbye
Like wood smoke disappearing in the sky
The busy life you knew before
Fades in the air
And settles like dust on the floor
The distant mountains far away
Will break apart, becoming rocks and clay
So what were you thinking anyway?
You knew your child would grow up
And move away
How did you think that things would end? You knew one day a quiet house
Would be your friend
But when it finally comes to pass
It's hard to comprehend
That everything in life comes to an end
Like the wood smoke in the sky
Everything one day
Must one day say goodbye
Like the woodsmoke in the sky
I think I’d like to be an ‘us’
Maybe there's one more 'yet to be'
I can get so awfully tired of it just being me
But I like to live alone
And I like my quiet home
It’s just sometimes I think I’m looking for
Maybe just a little more
I’d like to meet that certain soul
Who might feel the way I do
And when we finally get together
I think we’ll know it too
And with some truth and understanding
We can build something again
And there will be someone to walk with me
A kind and loving friend
Concluding every coupled heart
One must remain and one depart
Why would I ever want
To start that all again?
Concluding every storyline
The ‘we’ always becomes an ‘I’
Kinda makes me wonder why
Even bother try
The outside world looks young
And in my heart that’s how I feel
But then my body lets me down
And I know what's real
Gonna keep an open mind
Maybe one more time I’ll find
Someone to share the ‘yet to be’
Maybe one more time around
My heart will see
Concluding every coupled heart
One must remain and one depart
Why would I ever want
To start that all again?
Concluding every storyline
The ‘we’ always becomes an ‘I’
Kinda makes me wonder why
Even bother try
The outside world looks young
And in my heart that’s how I feel
But then my body lets me down
And I know what's real
Gonna keep an open mind
Maybe one more time I’ll find
Someone to share the ‘yet to be’
Maybe one more time around
Maybe one more time around
Maybe one more time around
My heart will see
Another yet to be
Most of your life you just wouldn't go
The consequences always had you sayin no
But now it’s time for you to show
The world the way you want it to go
Once upon a time you were young and lean
Ready to go out and make a scene
Do you recall the fun you’d seen?
Do you know why? Take a guess
You said yes
So just say yes, just say yes
Do your best to just say yes
I know it’s hard to walk the line
Me, I’m fallin off of it all the time
But I know I will be just fine
I know that I can pass any test
Most of us here feel the same
We just gotta step up and play our game
When we do we won’t feel the same
All we gotta do is, guess
Just say yes
So just say yes, just say yes
Do your best
To just say yes
Time is ebbing low
This is not time to say no
Everyone here shares a fate
So just say yes before it gets too late
Caution’s always prudent
And discretion’s always wise
But we’re not getting younger here
It’s time to meet the skies
And say yes, just say yes
Do your best
To just say yes
The final guest has left the stage
I guess it’s time I came of age
And let go of the legacy
I never made
My father left a lot behind
And he gave me quite a time
But it wasn’t his intention
That his dream should become mine
We can never know
Where our paths are going to lead
We cannot prepare ourselves
For the things all yet to be
But don’t have any doubt
Things work out
It’s impossible to fly
To see things clearly from the sky
You must just take that first step
You gotta try
I know life’s a leap of faith
I can’t always keep the pace
I’m just trying to move along
With just a little bit of grace
We can never know
Where our paths are going to lead
We cannot prepare ourselves
For the things all yet to be
But don’t have any doubt
Things work out
Guess I never had a dream of my own
I’ve been going day by day
Hoping that the only way home
Would come to me
And I’d be free
Another chapter yet awaits
I’m in the hands of all three fates
And I am ready now
Though the hour is growing late
The final curtain’s going to fall
I can hear my future call
Out to me
I know I gave the past my all
We can never know
Where our paths are going to lead
We cannot prepare ourselves
For the things all yet to be
But don’t have any doubt
Things work out
Don't have any doubt
Things work out
Every now and then
You feel the need to leave
You just gotta roll
You’ve played the same old tired scenes
And there’s a hunger in your soul
So you pack your bags and load the car
Your playlist fills the air
Driving west on 90
Destination anywhere
The city lights they beckon
A universe within
Your quickened pulse and hopeful heart Draw you swiftly in
Over your head and lovin’ it all
Your future’s now your own
You live hard, give all you got
But one day you’ll go home
There’s nothing like going away
To make comin’ home so sweet
Home is where your heart is
It’s where you feel it start to beat
You can travel the world around
And nothing’s quite the same
As that certain sense of ease you feel When you’re headed home again
Now you’re back on an old familiar route
You knew before you were gone
Your curses for that winding road
Become a blessed homeward psalm
Rolling through the empty town
At night when lights are low
It feels good to be back here
And in your heart you know
There’s nothing like going away
To make comin’ home so sweet
Home is where your heart is
It’s where you feel it start to beat
You can travel the world around
And nothing’s quite the same
As that certain sense of ease you feel When you’re headed home again
You can't really come back home
Until you go away
You will never know that feeling
Til your homebound day
(Cuz there's)
There’s nothing like going away
To make comin’ home so sweet
Home is where your heart is
It’s where you feel it start to beat
You can travel the world around
And nothing’s quite the same
As that certain sense of ease you feel When you’re headed home
When you're headed home
When you're headed home again
Tryin to make some sense of it all
You’re just a tiny speck
On one enormous wall
Growin up, you figure it out
You play by the rules
And yet you’re still so full of doubt
Still you had a hell of a real good time,
Til everything changed
On the turn of a dime
Cuz you never know how it’s all gonna go
And we never know just what we got
We’re always looking for
The next sweet spot
But it’s all clear
That the moment is here
The moment is now Slipping into the ether
You find a love, maybe you have a kid
The years pass by and you can’t remember All those things you did
At first the time it moves so slow
Until one day you wonder
Where did all that precious time go?
Still you had a hell of a real good time,
Til everything changed
On the turn of a dime
Cuz you never know how it’s all gonna go
And we never know just what we got
We’re always looking for
The next sweet spot
But it’s all clear
That the moment is here
The moment is now
Slipping into the ether
Minute by minute, you try to sink down in it
But you gotta know, that it’s all gonna go
Into the ether
There were some tragedies
But there were triumphs too
And through all of that
Somehow friend we’ve made it through
Give me your hand, and tell me it’s ok
Cuz I could
Use a little help today
Still we had a hell of a real good time,
Til everything changed
On the turn of a dime
Cuz we never know when it’s all gonna go
And we never know just what we got
We’re always looking for
The next sweet spot
But it’s all clear
The only moment is here
The only moment is now
Slipping into the ether
Slipping into the ether
Were you ever going to tell me?
Baby won’t you spell me
Spare me of the cruelest lies
I can see it in your eyes
You’re leaving
And your heart begins retreat
While I am grieving
And I am left here all alone to wonder why
Time gave us a certain distance
Making every instance
Just another tiny clue
Evidence of just how you
So beguiling, were making plans to leave
While you were smiling
And you were leaving me alone
To wonder why
You and I have been every kind of friend
A partnership around the world
And back again
You and I have been
So much more to each other
Lovers, friends, and sister and a brother
Who knows
All the many reasons
That people change like seasons
Say hello and say goodbye
It's enough to make you cry
Though you're long gone
And I know that it's all good
Sometimes I miss you
Probably a bit more than I should
You and I have been every kind of friend
A partnership around the world
And back again
You and I have been
So much more to each other
Lovers, friends, and sister and a brother
Were you ever going to tell me?
Baby won’t you spell me
Spare me of the cruelest lies
I can see it in your eyes
You’re leaving
And your heart begins retreat
While I am grieving
And I am left here all alone
To wonder why
While I am grieving
And I am left here all alone
To wonder why
Cross the finish line, you’ll be fine
Cross the finish line
I know you gave your all
Life is a long haul, but I know you’ll be ok
Baby you just gotta push on through
And show us all the way
To the finish line
Landmarks in life show us the way
Weddings and birthdays
And we-know-your-worth days
And all of that time in between
The start and the finish line
October 9, and you’ll be fine
On October 9
Show us all how you do it
Show us there’s so much more to it
On October 9
I know you’re gonna shine
I know that life just keeps going on
But we’re all running with you
Keep up the pace in this challenging race
And we’ll all cross that finish line
With you
One step at a time
Cross the finish line
I know that you are a fighter
Though I know that you’re not aware
That’s precisely why you
Have arrived right there
It would be so easy to wanna give it up
That’s true, but that’s not what you’ll do
If I know you, you’re gonna see it through
To the finish line
Landmarks in life show us the way
Weddings and birthdays
And we-know-your-worth days
And all of that time in between
The start and the finish line
Take one step at a time
Towards that finish line
Just take one step at a time
Cross that finish line
You're making all of your lists on paper
Planning out your life in advance
You can make to-dos today
But you still gotta get up and dance
Preparation's necessary
I'm not arguing
But still you gotta figure, to pull the trigger
You got to dive right in
It's not the destination
So much so as the why and the how
Go without hesitation
There will never be another now
I've known you for a long time now
You're always making plans to call
But you can't dial the number, can you
You gotta lotta reasons to stall
Anticipation's half the game
I'm always gonna give you that
But in the end, I am telling you friend
You're gonna have to swing the bat
It's not the destination
So much so as the why and the how
Go without hesitation
There will never be another now
It's not the destination
So much so as the why and the how
Go without hesitation
There will never be another now
Things are changing now,
The season tells me so
It’s not so easy for my heart to just let go
The leaves above my head
Now lie beneath my feet
It’s hard to understand
The change is now complete
And oooh, that’s the way it goes
And oooh, the circle starts to close
One upon a time I thought knew
The way my life would go
How it’s all played out so far
I could never could've known
I thought I'd be young forever
But that was just an illusion
Change is coming now
And changes reach their own conclusion
And oooh, that’s the way it goes
And oooh, the circle starts to close
Did you ever stop to think
The ride would end someday?
If you're anything like me
Maybe once or twice
Then pushed that thought away
Less lies ahead than lies behind
That’s just where we are
It doesn’t seem possible
How did we all get this far?
As luck would have it
We've got some pretty good stories to tell
We're on the other side now
Worse for wear
But we wear it oh so well
And oooh, oooh, that’s the way it goes
And oooh, oooh, the circle starts to close
Tick tock, are you watching the clock?
Tick tock, are you watching the clock?
Tick tock, watch the circle close