hug me to the right

[intro]

About an unimportant land in an unimportant place

Where they grew mediocre fruits of mediocre taste

In the field of the forgotten or maybe we were never known

A place for the displaced where our united states were grown

Not a streetlight, not a car, not a human for that matter

Two kids of twenty sat on the hill high above the pasture

They couldn't, or they wouldn't, or they shouldn't ever sleep

Into the night they made promises they didn't know they'd never keep

[Chorus]

Promise if we lose each other

In this or any life

Swear that anyone we know

We'll hug them to the right

A gesture quite peculiar

In any common mean

To place our hearts together

Feel the sinking of the beat

[verse]

Well this world tore us apart my babe

Tore you down to the grave

I travel the world in search of your spirit

Where does it stay?

I came so close one time i could feel it

Girl i knew it was you

I won't give up in a hundred lives

Again we will be two

[Chorus]

Promise if we lose each other

In this or any life

Swear that anyone we know

We'll hug them to the right

We may get lost, confused

In this or other lives

But our hearts will not, cannot forget

The vows we made that night

So hug me to the right

Your heart over mine

Hold me now, forever now

Us frozen here in time

We may get distracted

In this or other lives

But our hearts will not, cannot forget

The vows we made that night

[verse]

They will know each other

Even if we don't

A head it only thinks, believes

The heart, a heart it knows

It's been so long since i've seen you

I hope you kept our promise true

I hug everyone i meet at first

I'm still looking for you

[Chorus]

So hug me to the right

Your heart over mine

Feel our hearts they speak, they sink

They think of other lives

We may grow so tired

Feel distracted by the fight

But the heart will not, cannot forget

The vows we made that night

[outro]

It's good to meet you stranger

If you, would you, could you just

If you didn't mind

Please hug me to the right a minute

Your heart over mine