The Things That Everybody Does - Tift Merritt

Everybody told me this is who you have to be

My hands in my pockets as deep as they go

I walked home and packed up my cases to leave

I walked all over this country, I went down to the sea

I talked a lot with the sun and the sky

I didn’t talk much with anyone else really

These are the things that everybody does

I always wondered what was all the fuss

I never knew exactly what it was

'Til there was you

'Til there was you

'Til There was you

You found me up in the attic, singing down to the leaves

You caught me reading love letters aloud

To horses and children, to stars and to trees

These are the things that everybody does

I always wondered what was all the fuss

I never knew exactly what it was

'Til there was you

'Til there was you

'Til there was you

But a mountain is still a mountain, a mountain goes to the sea

No matter what I’d like to pretend, no matter what I’d like it to be

No I don’t have to stay here, I could fly off and leave

On the wings of a unicorn’s breast, my typewriter strapped with diamonds to my

chest

But how could I go with breakfast not over yet?

These are the things that everybody does

I always wondered what was all the fuss

But what a lovely morning that it was

When there was you

When there was you

When there was you

When there was you