12,000 Lines - Big Thief

Crossed twelve thousand lines looking for your face

Only to find not a trace

Even the memory of your mouth tries to disappear

Little lights turn into spheres

Blue mountain in the rearview

Some nights barely breathing at all

Waiting for my woman to call

Cross, twelve letters down, found the longest word

This morning I’d heard

Somebody said they saw you around 1st and 23rd

Blue feathers in your hairdo

Some nights barely breathing at all

Waiting for my woman to call

Maple cherry the leaves start to fall

Waiting for my woman to call

Sweet honey, stirring in my tea

You’re stirring me

Forgiveness, all the money in the world

Can’t buy it

Some nights barely breathing at all

Waiting for my woman to call