Patty Griffin - Back At The Start Lyrics

      

Back at the Start
by Patty Griffin

Verse 1
There's secrets I don't tell ever to myself
I just keep moving
It's like working on a building with my eyes closed
Nothing's improving

Verse 2
Day after day I stood in my own way
In front of my own door
Some things push you round so far
Knock you down so hard
It's hard to get up anymore

Chorus
But here is the thing that I've known from the start
It don't mean a thing if you can't feel your heart
You might lose everything
Spend years in the dark but
It isn't the end you're just back at the start

Verse 3
All these endless skies of blue
Baby it's just you and all the umpires
Hoping nobody will notice
That you don't know what you'rе doing
Still you're getting tired

Verse 4
It's lonеly in the outfield
But the ball won't come to you
So you're safe for now
So you won't get to play but that's okay
Because you prayed to just get rained out

Chorus
Here is the thing that I've known from the start
It don't mean a thing if you can't feel your heart
You might lose everything
Spend years in the dark
But it isn't the end you're just back at the start

Instrumental Break

Verse 5
Maybe it was all a dream but the lights are
Coming up and the rehearsal is over
Maybe nothing's as it seems
The ground is moving all the time
Just like your drunk but you're sober

Verse 6
Day after day you feel you let it slip away
But it's never very far
Don't wanna stand on ground that's shaking
But the earth is always quaking
Making buildings and tearing them apart

Chorus
But here is the thing that I've know from the start
It don't mean a thing if you can't feel your heart
You might lose everything
Spend years in the dark
But it isn't the end you're just back at the start

Outro
Back at the start
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