Jenny Owen Youngs - Two by Two lyrics

Wake before the sun comes, you're going where you must Where fire is born and dust returns to dust Light in your eyes boy, dirt beneath your nails And in your heart belief that love prevails That girl so fair with ankles bare You lost her to the wind She sleeps below so down you go An end, now, to begin All you love commit to the ash All you worked for gone in a flash You can't look forward while you're looking back Where come the lyre, boy, that led you here today Now it seems she hasn't much to say But no need for further talk, let's say you're understood You'll have your chance to take her back for good Just mind the rules, the devil's tools Business first at pleasure's cost If you should chance one backward glance All will be lost All you love commit to the ash All you worked for gone in a flash You can't look forward while you're looking back There'll be no good-byes, boy, that boat won't slow for you You tried and failed, it's more than most would do So dream a dream of going to by two Dream a dream of going two by two