Peter Mulvey - Out Here lyrics

Out here when you light a smoke on the porch You can hear the paper burning The moon is the only light In the silence you can hear it turning Down over the ridge by the highway You'll hear the cars, they come and fade It's like that out here You can hear things for miles else, and miles away Out here I make the only human lights I am the only human sound It's my privilige to lie awake at night And think of what I have lost, and hope for what might be found Out here you'll find out who your friends are When the darkness comes and k**s the day There's an ache in every corner of the heart For the ones who are miles away Out here there's always work to be done And I do what I can Came down to a choice Love or run...I ran Winter will come and get ahold of my heart and squeeze And I will long for your touch Wonder what kind of fool am I when I leave it If I loved it so much I would call you on the phone And I would struggle for the words to say "I swear that I am working on the things That keep me miles away." Out here it's not as bad as I tell it You got your rocks, you got your rivers, got your trees Nothing comes easily But what comes has brought at last a little peace Out here it's so silent You can hear your heart talking One day that heart might tell you which way to go You might start walking You know that I will (9x) Out here when you light a smoke on the porch You can hear the paper burning The moon is the only light I hear it turning