Our Purpose Here - Ferron

It’s a quiet street in someone’s town

On stranger’s feet I mark my ground

I trace my circles round and round

I’m sworn to find me

In a party scene and I’d just got loose

Its my devil’s luck to be introduced

To one who takes their shape like you

It unbinds me

We knew we wouIdn’t have everything

And time proves it true

I’ve got a flat-top six dressed in steel strings

And I don’t have you

You wouIdn’t like the life

And I wouIdn’t want you to

There’s a secret in this solitude

As my love unfolds I find it’s often crude

I call you late and my words intrude

And I falter

But the miles don’t shrink by telephone

The crackling wire becomes our home

I tell you I’m okay alone

And then I wonder

I’ve got towns ahead

And shows behind

And I won’t be lost

I join my name to that solid line

Though it always costs

But it takes my time

And it fills my mind

And it feeds the ghost of

Memories in the quiet heat

When our words were trim

And our hope was neat

We said our purpose here

Was to be complete with 'I want you'

It’s a woman’s dream this autonomy

Where the lines connect

And the points stay free

We said passion as an open sea

Would only haunt you

I watch the last cab

Turn its headlights down

To today’s sunrise

I must have wanted you in every town

And it’s no surprise

That want alone don’t sit you down

By my love eyes

I’ve got memories in the quiet heat

When our words were trim

And our hope was neat

We said our purpose here

Was to be complete with 'I want you'