i'll tell ya, boy...
i wish the full dream for you
the whole clean sweetness of life
shining up your everydays
i hope you never lose that kiss
i hope you use it every single day
even if some days it's just a dream...
you should be loved up & down
hair to floor, through & through
every single day

i hope you always have that look
in your bright blue eyes
the look that matches
that cheek to cheek smile
i hope your irrepressible
laughing spirit
is always dancing out to
relish the moment
every glowing moment

i won't lie, i would
dance out there to relish it
with you without hesitation
anything seems possible with
a taste like perfection
still on my tongue
but if it makes any difference
more than any wish
with myself in it i wish
for the good hunger to fill your life
for the delights & the surprises
the deeps & the sweets
to brighten your everydays
keep you wanting more

i wish for you to be delirious with joy
swimming in it
if it were my job (it's your own job
but it can be shared) i'd take it seriously
cherish the smile & the tear
i don't know you but i would love to
i would give you my everything
i'd follow you, i'd lead you
i'd wait for you
i'll go on without you
whatever it takes
i'd fight for you if you needed it
i'd simply be there
keep being there, keep listening,
keep seeing the light in you
admiring all of your deepening colours

i've got nothing
nothing but the riches i was born to
this land beneath my feet
the milky way nights
a wide open heart
wakeful eyes & endless kisses
...you could take it all
just by asking for it...
it doesn't make any difference,
you don't have to keep it,
but you took it already
i couldn't walk away from you
just like i left a ghost on the Green River,
just like the ghost of my childhood
will forever play on these Caspar beaches,
i left a ghost on your lips
you left a ghost on mine

i almost escaped
i almost kept my heart in my throat
kept the silly little thing
pinned to my sleeves
but you got me
you got me good
i didn't see it coming
i was miles away & still flying
before i knew what hit me
i don't know how i walked
away from that last kiss
i couldn't talk for hours
my eyes kept filling up
while i kept smiling

you didn't mean to do that to me
i didn't mean to let you
but i wouldn't have kissed you
if i didn't think you could
i liked you at once
then more & more
i could keep going
it's such a delicious sting
heart bursting open again
may it never stop
giving it away just makes it grow
impossible is only a word
perfect is a lucky today
...it's not like it makes any difference
the tastiest moment is just
another moment
but let me savour every one

i'll tell ya, boy...
the hopeless romantic in me wanted to
rush right into your arms
wanted to pour my funny
quivering heart out all
over your cautious fingertips
the optimist in me wanted to
beg you to stay
just a little longer
just another little lifetime
just long enough to die of kisses
just let me try to get enough

i let you slip right through
i didn't chase after you
i didn't beg you to come back
didn't tell you that if your good life
isn't the good life you deserve...
tell you what? do what?
what could i have said?
what can i do?
i just want you to know
i saw you shining
i wanted to see more

i'm glad you are surrounded
by friends as genuine as you are
you'll never be alone
i won't pine for you, don't worry
-- but i won't forget --
& if you're ever feeling crazy
if you ever need somebody
to jump off the cliff with you
& nobody's willing
think of me
i'll meet you anywhere