So many of my favorite lyrics are from Joe Henry songs; incredibly underrated songwriter.
Just before the crash
I was watching you
Thinking how time hasn't changed
Even half what it promised to
You laughed and you turned
To what I almost didn't see
When I felt him hit the bridge
At first I thought it was me
Ohio Air Show Plane Crash
Lovers laugh and cross this way
Weaving out into the street,
It seems we never were so young
Or it was never quite so sweet.
But the world is always beautiful
When it's seen in full retreat,
The worst of life looks beautiful
As it slips away in full retreat.
God Only Knows
Just behind that wall, I think,
She pulls her stockings on:
The creaking floor speaks through the door
Of one foot then the other—
The curtains wave a flag to say
This afternoon is done
And giving in to evening who has
Beat him like a brother,
Giving in to evening who has
Beat him like a brother
Room at Arles
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