THE ROAD YOU DREW

You cut the folded map Inside your winter coat A pencil mark to cut the river bend A place we barely know Station clock was losing time Your hands were turning blue You said if we can make it there We'll find what we came to do Hold to the road you drew Hold to the words you knew When the whole world changes shape Keep one promise true Hold to the road you drew Hold to the words you knew There's a door beyond the weather And it's waiting there for you A knock down train set path Past fields of frozen stone You counted every mile we crossed Like seeds you'd someday sow At dawn the river split the mist Their hills came into view You laughed and tucked the map away As if it had come true Hold to the road you drew Hold to the words you knew When the whole world changes shape Keep one promise true Hold to the road you drew Hold to the words you knew There's a door beyond the weather And it's waiting there for you No crown, no sign, no borrow name Could tell us where we stand Just your thumb against the paper And my sleeve inside your hand Hold to the road you drew Hold to the words you knew When the whole world changes shape Keep one promise true Hold to the road you drew Hold to the words you knew There's a door beyond the weather And it's waiting there for you The map is soft with rain The road is underfoot You folded once and keep it For the miles we haven't took