shine On
Blitzen Trapper Lyrics

It was just as I was leaving
As I was on my way out, something caught my attention

Throw some change up on the bomb
I made a small offering or donation before leaving

She aught my eye through the swinging door
I noticed her as she stood by the open doorway

She was standing out by my car
She was waiting for me by my vehicle

I said I thought you moved to the city girl
I was surprised to see her because I thought she moved to the city

No one never did find the time I've been wasting away, at my sister's place
I've been wasting my time at my sister's place without anyone noticing

Just North of the county line
My sister's place is located just north of the county border

Well I gazed out across the gravel line
I looked out over the gravel road

To the road that leads to town
I was looking at the road that goes to town

Thinking all the ways that I broke your heart
I was thinking about all the things I did that hurt your feelings

Yeah, thinking how it all went down
I was reflecting on how our relationship ended

And I'm saying it's a strange thing to see you now
I find it odd to see you now after all this time

I've been running so long on the same old ground
I've been stuck in the same routine for a long time

Gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
I'm going to break free from my current situation and try something new

If I ever loved once, you know
If I ever truly loved someone, you know

I never loved right by you
I never loved you in the right way

So we go up to the turn-pipe
We went up to the turnpike

Where the whole world turns to sky
We went to a place where the sky is visible everywhere

I took her hand, but she drew away
I tried to hold her hand, but she pulled away

Like a bird getting ready to fly
She acted like a bird that is about to take off into the sky

She said I ain't so young, and I met someone
She told me she's not as young as she used to be and that she's met someone new

He's a rock that just won't roll
She described her new partner as loyal and dependable

And I gotta find out, if I only love once
She wants to explore the possibility that she may only fall in love once

So does love keep coming to call
She's wondering if love will always come back to her

'Cause it's a strange thing to see you now
It's odd to see you again after all this time

There's a half built house in the potter's field
There's a partially constructed house in the abandoned cemetery

All the timbers are turned to gray
The wood used to build the house has become weathered and gray

There's an old brown dog living on the porch
An old brown dog lives on the porch of the house

I seen them just the other day
I saw them recently

Well I laid those planks, and I drove those nails
I helped build the house by laying planks and hammering nails

But it never did satisfy him
The man who owned the house was never satisfied with it

And a man must forfeit all he owns
Sometimes a man must give up everything he owns

For a glimpse at the reason why
In order to get a chance to understand what motivates him

It's a strange thing to see you now
It's weird to see you again after all this time

I've been running so long on the same old ground
I've been stuck in the same place for too long

Gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
I'm going to break free from my current situation and try something new

If I ever loved once, you know
If I ever truly loved someone, you know

I never loved right by you
I never loved you in the right way

It's a strange thing to see you here
It's strange to see you again in this place

If the world don't mine, yeah you better leave the keys
If nobody objects, you should leave the keys here

Gonna rattle these chains till the morning light
I'm going to break free from my current situation and try something new

If I ever loved once, you know
If I ever truly loved someone, you know

I never loved right
I never loved in the right way