Emmylou Harris Can You Hear Me Now Lyrics

Can You Hear Me Now Lyrics

Oh, the walls are closing in

I can feel it in my bones

Like water risin' up to my chin

Another long night to be alone



I could go out on the town

Talk too much and laugh too loud

If I'm already on my way down

I might as well just work the crowd



Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now



Oh, the stories I could tell

Sometimes I really hit my stride

We make our own heaven and our own hell

Tryin' to get across to the other side



But everyday ends up the same

One step up, two steps back

Like some old silent movie frame

Zoom in close, then fade to black



Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now



How did the load get to be so heavy

I used to wear my trouble like a crown

A bad flood's poundin' on the levee

And I'm gonna need some help to hold my ground



But I'm sinkin' like a stone

To where in solitude this life I'll spend

In the coldest place I've ever known

I'm here just waitin' until the end



I send out my SOS

A message in a bottle set out to sea

It just reads, "Soul in distress"

And nobody ever got back to me



Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now

Can you hear me now

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