Over the Rhine - All My Favorite People lyrics

All my favorite people are broken Believe me My heart should know Some prayers are better left unspoken I just wanna hold you And let the rest go All my friends are part saint and part sinner We lean on each other Try to rise above We're not afraid to admit we're all still beginners We're all late bloomers When it comes to love All my favorite people are broken Believe me My heart should know Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers Step forward You can stay right here You don't have to go Is each wound you've received Just a burdensome gift? It gets so hard to lift Yourself up off the ground But the poet says, We must praise the mutilated world We're all workin' the graveyard shift You might as well sing along All my favorite people are broken Believe me My heart should know (As for) your tender heart— This world's gonna rip it wide open It ain't gonna be pretty But you're not alone 'Cause all my favorite people are broken Believe me My heart should know Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers You're welcome Yeah, you're safe right here You don't have to go 'Cause all my favorite people are broken Believe me My heart should know Some prayers are better left unspoken I just wanna hold you And let the rest go