Invisible Hour - Joe Henry

I left the yard then came back in

I drank up your bathtub gin—

And though I lived, it left me weak

But I raise myself back up to speak…

For it hit me hard, the mandolin

That cried just there inside your door—

And though it left me high and dry

I know too soon I’ll ask for more

Oh I’ve come back to plead and dance

To forgive us both all in advance

Salt and sugar, tooth and nail

Tongue and groove, and all for sale;

Thoughts and prayers, words and deeds

Bruised and broken, spilling seeds—

Tar and feathers, clocks and spoons

Falling shoes and flashing signs;

Fits and starts, and hearts and moons

That wane come either rain or shine

Oh I’ve come back to plead and dance

To forgive us both all in advance

We all come into this world

Scared and bare, blue and curled—

We all bring the knife we need

To sate our mouths and not concede

The love that stands a moving bridge

Where blood moves under skin and bone—

To feel a hum and come alive

In bodies that are not our own

Oh I’ve come back to plead and dance

To forgive us both all in advance