Right Moves - Josh Ritter

All of a sudden at you’re back again

I thought you were happy with whoever

Or did you dream about me now and then?

Did you look up at the stars

And feel something for the constellations?

All those lovers circling 'round their loves

Slings and arrows, dogs and lions

Rivers separating touch from touch

The comedy of distance, the tragedy of separation

Am I making all the right moves?

Am I singing you the right blues?

Is there a time when I could call you

Just to see how you are doing?

I said, «How is it that you come back to me?

You don’t need the stories of my scars

Or in the stars to tell you nothing’s free

I traded all the innocence I ever had for hesitation»

I said, «Won't you tell me where you been?»

You put a finger to my lips

And then you kissed me once and once again

The crickets all leapt up

And met the moon with a standing ovation

I heard the night birds picking up the song

You threw your hair back and you sang along

And I realized that I might lose you, you might lose me

Drift apart in the night, never know why and not know how

I said, «What if we are like the northern sky?

What if there are things that come between us

That we can’t take back and we can’t make right?»

You said, «I don’t know darlin', but I’m here with you

And we’re coming to the chorus now»