Gift X-Change - Calexico

You say you’re leaving

Going back home

Where’s your family

Where do you come from

Something’s missing in your life

You’ve felt it all along

Retrace your steps

Balance and check

Where it all went wrong

The spirit is broken

The path is overrun

You can’t move forward

And now nothing gets done

I hope you find some

In a peace along the way

Whatever it takes I pray you’ll make it

Home on Christmas day

In case you don’t find what you need

When you finally arrive

And your heart is snowed in

There’s no warmth or light

Take this candle with you

And this book of matches as well

As you’re climbing the walls

There’s no answer at all

Except the gift you give yourself

I trust that you’ll find some

In a peace through times that are rough

What would it take to hear you say

The gift you give is love

The gift you live in enough