A Song While You're Away
Up in your nephew's room
Playing on his cousin's guitar
I wrote
A song for you
You have done drove off
With everything I need
My box
And my tumbleweed
I picked it up
On the way
To Flagstaff years ago
I was hanging on
To everything
You had the grace to show
You were young
And you were hungry
Lord knows
I was hungry too
We were both
Flat-out starving
For something
Worthwhile to lose
You were my bread
And I was your honey
Up against
The dark red wine
Trying to hold on
To the lovely
Through the bitter
Of our times
Looking over the hill
At the lights of your hometown
I wrote
This song for you
Thinking of the way we met
A girl home from school
And a boy
Just passing through
I got a job
As a cut man
At a house
Just down the road
I had never been
To town before
And I didn't
Know a soul
I was young
And I was hungry
Lord knows
You were hungry too
We were both
Flat-out starving
For something
Worthwhile to lose
You were my bread
And I was your honey
Up against
The dark red wine
Trying to hold on
To the lovely
Through the bitter
Of our times
Agate white
Wedding dress
Turquoise on your ring
Upright bass and violin
As you walk the aisle to me
I was young
And I was hungry
Lord knows
You were hungry too
We were both
Flat-out starving
For something
Worthwhile to lose
You were my bread
And I was your honey
Up against
The dark red wine
Trying to hold on
To the lovely
Through the bitter
Of our times
Una Canción Mientras No Estás
Arriba en la habitación de tu sobrino
Tocando la guitarra de su primo
Yo escribí
Una canción para ti
Te has ido
Con todo lo que necesito
Mi caja
Y mi planta rodante
Lo recogí
En camino
A Flagstaff hace años
Estaba colgado
A todo
Tuviste la gracia de demostrarlo
Eras joven
Y tenías hambre
Dios sabe
Yo también tenía hambre
Éramos los dos
Completamente muerto de hambre
Por algo
Vale la pena perderlo
Tú eras mi pan
Y yo era tu miel
En contra
El vino tinto oscuro
Tratando de aguantar
A la encantadora
A través de lo amargo
De nuestros tiempos
Mirando por encima de la colina
A las luces de tu ciudad natal
Yo escribí
Esta canción es para ti
Pensando en la forma en que nos conocimos
Una niña que regresa a casa de la escuela
Y un niño
Sólo de paso
Conseguí un trabajo
Como un hombre de corte
En una casa
Justo al final del camino
Yo nunca había estado
A la ciudad antes
Y yo no lo hice
Conocer un alma
Yo era joven
Y yo tenía hambre
Dios sabe
Tú también tenías hambre
Éramos los dos
Completamente muerto de hambre
Por algo
Vale la pena perderlo
Tú eras mi pan
Y yo era tu miel
En contra
El vino tinto oscuro
Tratando de aguantar
A la encantadora
A través de lo amargo
De nuestros tiempos
Ágata blanca
Vestido de novia
Turquesa en tu anillo
Contrabajo y violín
Mientras caminas por el pasillo hacia mí
Yo era joven
Y yo tenía hambre
Dios sabe
Tú también tenías hambre
Éramos los dos
Completamente muerto de hambre
Por algo
Vale la pena perderlo
Tú eras mi pan
Y yo era tu miel
En contra
El vino tinto oscuro
Tratando de aguantar
A la encantadora
A través de lo amargo
De nuestros tiempos