Originals 1–12

Your motivation came suddenly Almost like you had a vision 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 something 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 There will be someone to walk with me A kind and loving friend At the end of every coupled heart One must remain and one depart Why would I ever want To start that all again? At the end of 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 At the end of every coupled heart One must remain and one depart Why would I ever want To start that all again? At the end of 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

So long now you've moved slow It's easier to just say no But that's not how to live, you know With your cards against the chest Long ago you were young and lean Livin' life just like a queen You weren't afraid of anything You were on a quest To say yes Just say yes, just say yes Do your best to just say yes I know it's hard walking the line Me, I'm falling off it all the time But I know I will be just fine I know that I can pass the test Most of us here feel the same We just gotta step up and play our game When we do we it's all gonna change And there's no need to 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 Every moment here on in Is just another moment to begin To let it in now, Just begin to let it in Let go of the fear Step into a brand new year And say yes Meet the brand new day Live your life in a whole new way And say yes, just say yes Do your best to just say yes Don't stop to guess 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 But 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 But 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 But 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 <i>It's not the destination</i> <i>So much so as the why and the how</i> <i>Go without hesitation</i> <i>There will never be another now</i> 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 <i>It's not the destination</i> <i>So much so as the why and the how</i> <i>Go without hesitation</i> <i>There will never be another now</i> <i>It's not the destination</i> <i>So much so as the why and the how</i> <i>Go without hesitation</i> <i>There will never be another now</i>

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