Balmorhea

G C/G G C F/C C G D C G Balmorhea, well, what say you? G D C D Will you meet me there when I come passing through? Em D C G And if you find reason to hide, you know where you can come. G D C G That is, if I'm not the one you're still hiding from. G D C G But I pawned my faith there and I couldn't buy it back, G D C D When you said your life there on the stage was all an act. Em D C G Where the world saw you as a phoenix on the wind with wings of fire, G D C Oh, it's plain to me, you'll always be a sparrow, Cm G Singing softly on the wire. C Cm G Whoa-oh, a sparrow singing softly on the wire. G D C G Now the boys talk over and the girls chatter loud G D C D And your precious dirge upon the stage was so drowned out. Em D C G But I realized it's not the song or the stage that made you shine; G D C It's the way you speak, your soft mystique, and one day I, Cm G For a season, tried to make you mine. C Cm G One day I, for a season, tried to make you mine. G C/G C F/C