One Shoe On - Joe Henry

Norman, take the wheel

I’m feeling none too well

A light has filled my face

But I can’t feel my hands;

Take my jacket and cover me

And keep the birds off of my shoes

And take me back to your house

And turn on the light

Everyone must pass this way

Must pass this way tonight

The chest-of-drawers is leaning

Sinking with the floor

And the swaying door

Is like a failing ship;

But when was the last time

My heart was this full

Or that you held me close as this?

And take me back to your house

And turn on the light

Everyone must pass this way

Must pass this way tonight

I was just thinking

About old Lost John

How those who dream aloud

So often disappear;

And I wonder

If he still walks around

Is that his voice that now I hear?

Saying…

And take me back to your house

And turn on the light

Everyone must pass this way

Must pass this way tonight