Bare Strings and Breath

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(Ooh...)

(Ooh, ooh...)

Dust on the window pane

Frames of a warmer rain

Your coat still on the chair

Perfume still in the air

I trace the lines you drew

On pages worn and blue

I hear your voice so clear

Whispering "I'm still here"

But I'M Holding A Fading Photograph

A Smile That Time Took In Half

And The Colors Run Like Tears

(Like tears, like tears)

I'm holding what we used to be

The only part of you left for me

The porch light hums alone

Waiting for a car that's gone

The garden vines grow wild

Like memories of a child

I saved your favorite song

Hum it when the nights get long

The guitar leans in the hall

Waiting for your call

And I'M Holding A Fading Photograph

A Smile That Time Took In Half

And The Colors Run Like Tears

(Like tears, like tears)

I'm holding what we used to be

The only part of you left for me

(Ooh...)

If I could freeze the light

Keep you burning in the night

I'd never let the sun go down

On this small and holy ground

So I'M Holding A Fading Photograph

A Smile That Time Took In Half

And The Colors Run Like Tears

(Like tears, like tears)

I'm holding what we used to be

The only part of you left for me

(Ooh...)

The only part of you...

(Ooh...)

Left for me...

(Ooh, ooh...)