Cotton Flower

We stood in an open fieldArrested by the warmth of autumn's eveAnd you were kneeling downTo catch the soundOf crickets moving southBelow the shield.

And I still capture glimpses of you thereTaking pictures in my mind to keep you nearBut I am not aloneFor you are homeAnd I am not aloneFor you are here.

[Chorus:]And maybe it's just the difference betweenGetting past and getting just what you needAnd maybe it's not something we can seeOr a part of something greater we could be

And the backfield there by the tractor's boughsWarmly paved for long ago -- so goThe cotton blooms slightly sudden snow.

And strange, the way a flower held in your thoughtsCan hold the bitter past untornAs do the blood that beauty's bornAnd to repay the lover's tollAnd it took me by surpriseWere you scared?The way you're searching might stay thereWill you look to me for something more than someLove is fearAnd lust to trust is dust we mustI'm thereAnd deep down, I knew you caredAnd shared the love I teach in there.

[Chorus]

So I won't hold you tight or keep you from the dayAnd you wouldn't have it any other wayBut if you need a place to hide from yesterdayAll you have to do is ask away'Cause I know the way

And it's a fine time for growing oldThere's tea on the porchIs that too bold?And I alone, my loveFor I am not ashamedAnd I'll sing my loveTo you each day.