One Hand Able

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lyrics

one more time
 one more time before you go
 one more time 
one more time and then you'll know

  i recall
 ruby flowers on the wall 
i recall 
gilded frames all down the hall  

you stole the show
 sitting pretty, tall and proud
 in the front row 
as i lingered in a bow  

every trace 
every note and light and page
 lives on your face 
as you move to take the stage

  nights and hours at this table
 pinning seams, you're one hand able 
i climb trees, i know
you'll be there watching

  i used to walk 
all across the parking lot
 we used to talk
 of a war that you had fought

  a blue oak frame 
near a window facing east
 a box of games
 much too young to wait and see  

set the brush down on the table
 with this scene, you're one hand able
 i dream high and
you were right there watching

  at the desk you proved a fable
 making stitches one hand able
 tell me anything at all
i'm waiting  

there were cushions on the chair
they sank real low 
when you put them there, i had to go
 dreams of love, you heard, you did 
i didn't think to ask where you once lived  

one more time
 one more time before you go 
one more time
 tell me please how will i know  

when it's time
 if it's time just tell me so 
and when it's time 
say goodbye before you go

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from Defender, released May 24, 2011

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