Play It As It Lays

Sad song on the radio Echoes down this empty road here tonight With a lost melody and a lonely rhyme Of windshield wipers slapping time---you know the one Well it woke up something that was sleeping below my skin I wanted to tell you so much, but where do I start? Where do I begin? Do I start with how I lost my kindness and how I found it once again And I'm gonna play it as it lays Play it as it lays Ooh, ooh Every perfect picture has a mess or two Sometimes it's me, sometimes it's you, but that's all right You surrender, you confess, you make a mess, you get undressed and call it a night But I remember the first time that I lay down inside your arms How I kissed your tired mouth, so full of grace, so empty of harm How I knew the road ahead would ravel itself, cursed and charmed And I would just play it as it lays Play it as it lays Play it as it lays Say a prayer for the brokenhearted Get back up and get it started again Say a prayer for the brokenhearted Say a prayer for love Years go by, you add them up Some days are holy, some days are rough, but that's all right It's a used up line, you know it's true I never loved anyone the way that I love you Yesterday I walked down the streets we walked when were young Tried to pull a thread between who we once were and who we've become And if we lost a little along the way, that's all right, what's done is done And I'm just gonna play it as it lays Oh, play it as it lays I'm just gonna play it as it lays Oh, play it as it lays All right Play it as it lays I'm gonna Play it as it lays All right (Ooh) (Ooh) (Ooh)