Departures

Intro Verse Another morning that you're stirring at the crack of dawn I lie there doing nothing, flinching when the light comes on You're checking things against a list to make sure nothing has been missed Your passport and your boarding pass G- You always leave them out til last Chorus And I'm puffy eyed and I'm not much use But you manage to be patient as you pass my shoes Verse Another morning that we're rushing out into the car The day will come when we leave in enough time but it's not so far So in the midst of all of this, I forget to steal a kiss To hold your hand and tell you you don't understand how you'll be missed Chorus So I hang around til you've checked your bags You won't get rid of me til security And you hold your dreams with mine And I hold yours too because I will take my chances On your wood shoe dances Cos nothing else makes sense the way this does It's the life we have chosen It's the life that has chosen us Verse So take care darling then and let me know you land okay I'll head back home and watch my phone until I know you got there safe And then we'll steal a moment now and then To hear each other's voice again Adding up the hours ahead to talk before we go to bed And it's the same old words for the same old love That never quite feel big enough And we'll do the best we can With faces on a screen But it's more gigantic Than the whole Atlantic And any other ocean in beween Not the love I have chosen But the love that has chosen me So I'll keep the homefires burning darling waiting for your return And soon enough the time will come to pack my bags and take my turn But no amount of sky any water stands between the bricks and mortar Where my true love's flesh and bones, that will always be my home And we'll make our own mistakes Just like everyone does You can take your chances, I don't have the answers But we'll work it out as we go on because It's the love we have chosen, it's the love that has chosen us So just let me know when you land okay