Anaïs Mitchell - Deliberately lyrics

You and I were walking on the avenue It was cold and we were old friends then Talking at each other You asked me how I'd been and I could not complain I just put one foot before the other We got where we were going And we drank a little wine And I forgot I had ever moved away Cause Jason stayed played jazz guitar Boston still out-shown the stars And the first snow fell the very next day And I guess it's a little late But I been thinking on it Ever since you asked me And I say I'm doing fine Just I can't recall I did anything deliberately Deliberately You and I were fearless in the wintertime Waking up at dawn Everything was frozen The shadows on the wall in the dark People breathing in the park The cars, all those things were ours Because we chose them And we got up out of bed those days With all the strength that keeps a body warm That keeps a language spoken And I'm calling on those mornings now I'm calling you to ask you how You hang on to a spirit So it doesn't end up broken When the days are breaking hard And the nights are falling easy And you say you're doing fine Just you can't recall the last time You did anything deliberately Deliberately I don't have the strength today to bend the rules I think school is getting to my head Cause I just put one foot before the other out the door And then I'm happy when it brings me back to bed And I can see the paper trail Laid out straight and narrow And you put your best foot forward there And you follow all the arrows And maybe you will get somewhere But what I'd like to know is Why should anybody care If we decide we won't go No And I guess it's a little late But I been thinking on it Ever since you asked me Cause me I'm doing fine Just I can't recall the last time I did anything deliberately Deliberately Deliberately