Joe Henry - Room At Arles lyrics

Just behind that wall, I think, She pulls her stockings on: The creaking floor speaks through the door Of one foot then the other The curtains wave a flag to say This afternoon is done And giving in to evening who has Beat him like a brother, Giving in to evening who has Beat him like a brother Just outside the window Time has slipped its skin, A fallen glove behind you, love, My shadow never moving The ground will rise to meet me Right where my knees begin, The sun will slip between them now To bu*ton my undoing, The sun will slip between them now To bu*ton my undoing Crows and then another crow Beside me in a tree, Like black shoes in a dusty row Trailing after me My hands are wet from walking, But I'm high enough to see The stars that wait below me Where my hat has fallen free … Out above the rooftops The moon is holding sway; A narrow eye low in the sky, Knowing what I'm knowing I have left the table now And this is just to say; Every song I've ever sung Has bee a song for going