Bright Eyes Bowl Of Oranges Lyrics

Bowl Of Oranges Lyrics

The rain it started tappin'
On the window near my bed
There was a loophole
in my dreamin'
So I got out of it
And to my surprise my eyes were wide and
already open
Just my nightstand and my dresser
Where those nightmares had
just been

So I dressed myself and left then
Out into the gray
streets
But everything seemed different
And completely new to me
The
sky the trees, houses, buildings, even my own body
And each person I
encountered
I couldn't wait to meet

And I came upon a doctor
Who
appeared in quite poor health
I said there's nothing that I can do for you
you can't do for yourself
He said oh yes you can, just hold my hand, I think
that that would help
So I sat with him awhile
Then I asked him how he
felt

He said I think I'm cured
No, in fact, I'm sure of it
Thank
you, stranger
For your therapeutic smile

So that's how I learned the
lesson
That everyone's alone
And your eyes must do some raining
If
you're ever gonna grow
And when crying don't help
You can't compose
yourself
It's best to compose a poem
An honest verse of longing
Or a
simple song of hope

That's why I'm singing baby don't worry
'Cause
now I got your back
And every time you feel like crying
I'm gonna try and
make you laugh
And if I can't
If it just hurts too bad
Then we'll wait
for it to pass
And I will keep you company for those days so long and
black

And we'll keep working on the problem
We know we'll never
solve
Of love's uneven remainders
Our lives are fractions of a
whole
But if the world could remain within a frame
Like a painting on a
wall
Then I think we'd see the beauty then
We'd stand staring in
awe

At our still lives posed
Like a bowl of oranges
Like a story
told
By the fault-lines and the soil