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In the calling out to one another

 Of the lovers up and down the strand

In the sound of the waves and the cries

 Of the seagulls circling the sand

In the fragments of the songs

 Carried down the wind from some radio

In the murmuring of the city in the distance

Ominous and low

I hear the sound of a world where we played

 And the far too simple beauty of the promises we made

If you ever need holding

Call my name, I'll be there

If you ever need holding

 And no holding back, I'll see you through

Sky blue and black

//music w/o lyrics//

Where the touch of the lover ends

 And the soul of the friend begins

 There's a need to be separate and a need to be one

 And a struggle neither wins

Where you gave me the world I was in

 And a place I could make a stand

  And I could never see how you doubted me

 When I'd let go of your hand

Yeah, and I was much younger then

 And I must have thought that I'd have known

 If things were going to end

And the heavens were rolling

Like a wheel on a track

And our sky was unfolding

And it'll never fold back

Sky blue and black

//music w/o lyrics//

 I'd have fought the world for you

 (I'd have fought the world for you)

 If I thought that you wanted me to

 Or put aside what was true or untrue

 If I'd known that's what you needed

What you needed me to do

But the moment has passed by me now

 To have put away my pride

 And just come through for you somehow

If you ever need holding

Call my name, I'll be there

If you ever need holding

 And no holding back, I'll see you through

You're the color of the sky

 Reflected in each store-front window pane

You're the whispering and the sighing

 Of my tires in the rain

You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost in everything I do

Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you

//music w/o lyrics//

In the sunlight and the shadows

 And the faces on the avenue

That's the way love is

That's the way love is

That's the way love is

Sky blue and black