Hearts and Bones

[Verse 1]

One and one-half wandering Jews

Free to wander wherever they choose

Are traveling together in the Sangre de Cristo

The Blood of Christ mountains of New Mexico

[Pre-Chorus]

On the last leg of a journey

They started a long time ago

The arc of a love affair

Rainbows in the high desert air

[Chorus]

Mountain passes slipping into stones

Hearts and bones

Hearts and bones

Hearts and bones

[Verse 2]

Thinking back to the season before

Looking back through the cracks in the door

Two people were married, the act was outrageous

The bride was contagious, she burned like a bride

[Pre-Chorus]

These events may have had some effect

On the man with the girl by his side

The arc of a love affair

His hands rolling down her hair

[Chorus]

Love like lightning shaking 'til it moans

Hearts and bones

Hearts and bones

Hearts and bones

[Bridge]

And woah-oh-oh, she said, "Why?

Why don't we drive through the night

And wake up down in Mexico"

He said, "Oh, I, I don't know nothin' about, nothin' about no Mexico"

"And tell me why, why won't you love me for who I am where I am?"

He said, "'Cause that's not the way the world is, baby

This is how I love you, baby

This is how I love you, baby"

[Verse 3]

One and one-half wandering Jews

Return to their natural coasts

To resume old acquaintances and step out occasionally

And speculate who had been damaged the most

[Pre-Chorus]

Easy time will determine if these consolations

Will be their reward

The arc of a love affair

Waiting to be restored

[Chorus]

You take two bodies and you twirl them into one

Their hearts and their bones, and they won't come undone

No, they won't come undone

Hearts and bones