Sky Blue and Black

Sky Blue and Black

by Jackson Browne

from the album Im Alive.

In the calling out to one another

Of the lovers up and down the strand

In the sound of the waves and the cries

Of the seagulls circling the sand

In the fragments of the songs

Carried down the wind from some radio

In the murmuring of the city in the distance

Ominous and low

I hear the sound of the world where we played

And the far too simple beauty

Of the promises we made

If you ever need holding

Call my name, and Ill be there

If you ever need holding

And no holding back, and Ill see you through

Sky Blue And Black

Where the touch of the lover ends

And the soul of the friend begins

Theres a need to be separate and a need to be one

And a struggle neither wins

Where you gave me the world I was in

And a place I could make a stand

I could never see how you doubted me

When Id let go of your hand

Yeah, and I was much younger then

And I must have thought that I would know

If things were going to end

And the heavens were rolling

Like a wheel on a track

And our sky was unfolding

And itll never fold back

Sky Blue And Black

And Id have fought the world for you

If I thought that you wanted me to

Or put aside what was true or untrue

If Id known thats what you needed

What you needed me to do

But the moment has passed by me now

To have put away my pride

And just come through for you somehow

If you ever need holding

Call my name, and Ill be there

If you ever need holding

And no holding back, Ill see you through

Youre the color of the sky

Reflected in each store-front window pane

Youre the whispering and the sighing

Of my tires in the rain

Youre the hidden cost and the thing thats lost

In everything I do

Yeah and Ill never stop looking for you

In the sunlight and the shadows

And the faces on the avenue

Thats the way love is

Thats the way love is

Thats the way love is