Carrie Newcomer - The Slender Thread lyrics

The car wheels hummed and the radio whined The rise and fall of telephone lines I was trying to remember the last thing you said Holding on to the slender thread I was awakened last night by the knife of a moon I've been spooling out a thread from my heart to you Don't give up on me whatever you do I'm holding on to the slender thread So look up and bless every guiding star We've worked so hard and come so far And home is still wherever you are Holding on to the slender thread I never knew it would come to this That world I knew would no longer exist I can still feel it burn like a place you kissed Holding on to the slender thread So look up and bless every guiding star We've worked so hard and come so far And home is still wherever you are Holding on to the slender thread Scams and scriptures posted by the roadside Whole stories hung out on loose on the clotheslines I've left a trail of crumbs and a paper map As the miles unravel, it's love that calls me back I used to lay out altars in hotel rooms On cigarette burnt tables and check out at noon A stone and a feather and a letter from you Holding on to the slender thread So look up and bless every guiding star We've worked so hard and come so far And home is still wherever you are Holding on to the slender thread