Fireweed

I'm gonna get going Friday morning
I'd like to stay but it's best I'm going
Things don't feel like they should be
So I'll hit the road and set me free

You're the prettiest girl there's ever been
Your eyes light up with love within
You put joy in the hearts of all
It's no surprise that I would fall

You found me, sweet angel, and you let me in
I dpidn't know you wanted more than a friend
Well I've been trying to be all I can
And that's my mistake I'm all I am

Yeah, I'm gonna get going Friday morning
You know I want to stay but I better get going
Things don't feel like I want 'em to be
I'll hit the road and set myself free

I've been looking for someone to hold
With big warm eyes and a heart of gold
Your eyes are the prettiest place to be
I want to believe they were meant for me

Through your emerald gaze I feel seen
Makes me believe God's not so mean
Yeah... been here once, but it's different this time
It feels as if you've always been mine

So I'm gonna get going Friday morning
I'd love to stay but I'd better be going
Things don't feel like they ought to be
You know I never wanted to be this free 
(No, I never wanted to be so free)

You're just like fireweed you know
You're the very first thing to grow
After my heart got burned to the ground
And I wasn't look'n, but I feel found

By grace as soft as that pretty pink flower
And that in my most needy hour
Yeah... I know you feel safe with me
But, I'm not the one  you need
(No I'm not the one you need)

And, yeah, I'm outta here Friday morning
Too hard to stay; I'm gonna get going
But running from what I feel to be free
Just isn't how it ought to be
(No it isn't how love ought to be)

Look a fireweed in her fullest bloom
Like the salmon I'm running home to you
Against the stream against all time
To be your lover before I die

 I'm running to, not running from
to love you under the midnight sun
With all my best, I've yet to live
This is the love I have to give
(This is the love I have to give)

And I'll be gone on Friday morning
I think I know just where I'm going
I'll follow the big dipper where it leads
And I'll find you there, my fireweed
Coming home for you, my fireweed
(I'll soon be there my fireweed.)

loverhyme

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