Sky Blue and Black

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 sandIn the fragments of the songs
Carried down the wind from some radio
In the murmuring of the city in the distance
Ominous and lowI hear the sound of the world where we played
And the far too simple beauty of the promises we madeIf you ever need holding
Call my name, and I'll be there
If you ever need holding
And no holding back, I'll see you through
Sky blue and blackWhere the touch of the lover ends
And the soul of the friend begins
There's a need to be separate and a need to be one
And a struggle neither winsBut 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 I'd let go of your handYeah, and I was much younger then
And I must have thought that I would know
If things were going to endAnd the heavens were rolling
Like a wheel on a track
And our sky was unfolding
And it'll never fold back
Sky blue and blackAnd I'd have fought the world for you
(I'd have fought the world for you)
If I thought that you wanted me to
Or put aside what was true or untrue (true or untrue)
If I'd know that's what you needed
What you needed me to doBut the moment has passed by me now
You have put away my pride
And just come through for you somehowIf you ever need holding
Call my name, I'll be there
If you ever need holding
And no holding back, I'll see you throughYou're the color of the sky
Reflected in each store-front window pane
You're the whispering and the sighing of my tires in the rainYou're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost
In everything I do
Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you
In the sunlight and the shadowsAnd the faces on the avenue
That's the way love is
That's the way love is
That's the way love is
Sky, sky blue and black