Anyway--Sleep Warm
By Jan Harmon
words and music © 1969
I've stood before you naked in my sacred pool of tears -
walked the slender valleys of your trust.
Somehow I've been beside you through your childhood years -
I watched the little soldier turn to rust.
I know the color of your eyes from the inside out -
and I have felt the trembling of your hand.
And even though these separate roads seem strewn with doubt -
I want you to know - I'd like to try and understand - -
why I am more lonely being with you -
than I seem to be when we're apart.
Maybe - it's because just being with you
doesn't let me in your heart.
And as I look around the room - I cry to see -
the boxed-up remnants pressed against the door.
And know that to this place - they're all that's left of me -
and then I wonder - what I'm leaving for.
Maybe the loving sounds - the joy and tears -
are buried somewhere deep within the wood.
And if some night you lie awake and chance to hear -
maybe you'll remember it was good.
Why am I more lonely being with you -
than I seem to be when we're apart?
Maybe it's because just being with you
doesn't let me in your heart.
I've stood before you naked in my sacred pool of tears -
walked the slender valleys of your trust.
Somehow I've been beside you through your childhood years -
I watched the little soldier turn to rust.
I know the color of your eyes from the inside out -
and I have felt the trembling of your hand.
And honey - though these separate roads seem strewn with doubt
I guess I hope they'll help us understand - -
why I am more lonely being with you -
than I seem to be when we're apart.
Maybe - it's because just being with you
doesn't let me in your heart.
Anyway -
Sleep warm.