Sky Blue and Black (Live)

[Verse 1]

In the calling out to one another of the lovers

Up and down the strand

In the sound of the waves and the cries

Of the seagulls circling the sand

In the fragments of the songs

Carried down the wind from some radio

In the murmuring of the city in the distance

Ominous and low

[Pre-Chorus]

I hear the sound of the world where we played

And the far too simple beauty

Of the promises we made

[Chorus]

If you ever need holding

Call my name, and I'll be there

If you ever need holding

And no holding back, I'll see you through

Sky blue and black

[Verse 2]

Where the touch of the lover ends

And the soul of a friend begins

There's a need to be separate and a need to be one

And a struggle neither wins

Where you gave me the world I was in

And a place I could make a stand

I could never see how you doubted me

When I'd let go of your hand

[Pre-Chorus]

Yeah, and I was much younger then

And I must have thought that I would know

If things were gonna end

[Chorus]

And the heavens were rolling

Like a wheel on a track

And our sky was unfolding

And it'll never fold back

Sky blue and black

[Bridge]

And I'd have fought the world for you

If I thought that you wanted me to

Or put aside what was true or untrue

If I'd known that's what you needed

What you needed me to do

[Pre-Chorus]

But the moment has passed by me now

To have put away my pride

And just come through for you somehow

[Chorus]

If you ever need holding

Call my name, and I'll be there

If you ever need holding

And no holding back, I'll see you through

Sky

[Verse 3]

You're the color of the sky

Reflected in each storefront window pane

You're the whispering and the sighing

Of my tires in the rain

You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost

In everything I do

Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you

In the sunlight and the shadows

And the faces on the avenue

That's the way love is

That's the way love is

That's the way love is

Sky blue and black

[Outro]

Thanks. Thank you. Thanks.