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A HOME AWAY FROM HOME AWAY FROM HOME
(co-written with Jesse Elliott of These United States, featuring J Tom Hnatow on pedal steel)
it is there where the cold meets the cracks in your coat
and the angels in snow take the interstate row
and the manger is full so you reshoulder your load
it is there
you will find me
a home away from home
there is nothing so small as a traveler alone
there are many lights at the crossroads and only one that means go
but the curve at the end of the sky bends just so
it is there
you will find me
a home away from home
it is there
you will find me
a home away from home
so don't you tell time how and who it will pass
don't ask my woman while she weeps in her glass
I don't ask love how long love will last
if the wind is too strong, if the water too deep
it is there
in the ditches
it is dying to speak
what was done on the road, what would stay on the road
it is there
as an angel
layed down in the snow
i am the cause of my troubles
like a bird i feel trapped by the sky
like the stars i am trapped by the night
like the sun i am struck by the light
it was there all along understood but unknown
banging on blue moons over black hills of hope
at the break of the mourning of the shadows and ghosts
of the one i knew least. of the one i missed most
it was there
that you found me
a home away from home
the signs are snowed over at the fork of the road
but the crossroads' dark lights are beginning to glow
it is there
you will find me
a home away from home
das & jae - jamestown, new york, u.s.a.