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 stone

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

We'll wake up down in Mexico

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

Returned 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

Hearts and bones

Hearts and bones

Hearts and bones

Hearts and bones