Earthwire

[Verse 1] The dying fires of August start to sober The dizziness of summer starts to slow Shuffling towards us is October Time for me to pack my bags and go To offer up this pockmarked heart for viewing To pick it over till I am bereft And all of this I know is my undoing One day I know there'll be nothing left We do our best You and me And I leave behind the nest we made so reticently For all tomorrow brings For all our magpie wings Being yours is the best I can be [Chorus] And I'm bound for city and sea And I'm bound for town Be my anchor be my rudder Darling earth me to the ground And I'll be home before the leaves fall down And I'll be home before the leaves fall down [Verse 2] Restless wandering used to be my longing Never still but always passing through But nowhere in this world is my belonging Other than the place that I'll find you And even though I struggle for the meaning Of a world that I don't understand And even though some days I feel like screaming I can bear it when I feel you take my hand We do our best, you and me And all the rest will sort itself eventually For all the rising tides For all my jagged sides Being yours is the best I can be [Chorus] And I'm bound for city and sea I am bound for town Be my anchor be my rudder Darling earth me to the ground And I'll be home before the leaves fall down And I'll be home before the leaves fall down And I'm bound for city and sea I am bound for town Be my anchor be my rudder Darling earth me to the ground And I'll be home before the leaves fall down And I'll be home before the leaves fall down And I'll be home before the leaves fall down I'll be home before the leaves fall