Browne Jackson Sky Blue And Black Lyrics

Sky Blue And Black Lyrics

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

 

 I hear the sound of the world where we played

 And the far too simple beauty

 Of the promises we made

 

 If you ever need holding

 Call my name, I'll be there

 If you ever need holding

 And no holding back, I'll see you through

 Sky blue and black

 

 Where the touch of the lover ends

 And the soul of the 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

 

 Yeah, and I was much younger then

 And I must have thought that I would know

 If things were going to end

 

 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

 

 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

 

 But the moment has passed by me now

 To have put away my pride

 And just come through for you somehow

 

 If you ever need holding

 Call my name, I'll be there

 If you ever need holding

 And no holding back, I'll see you through

 

 You're the color of the sky

 Reflected in each store-front 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