While You Were Away (Undressed)

While you were away, you were away

I made

Bricks of bread, bricks to break

From home-grown grain

Planted in rows

And gathered when gold

And ground by my hand stone

While you were away, you were away

I slept past the dawn

The sun would set, and the sun would say

"This night will be long"

So I lit up the stars

On this ceiling of ours

And I wrote song for hours

So your home is warm

'Cause I kept it warm

And alive while you were gone

So your home is warm

'Cause I've kept it warm

And alive while you were gone

While you were away, you were away

I made

A charm of herbs, herbs that pray

And the charm is brave

It's guarding the glass

And it's guarding the doors

And it's guarding the floor boards

Through the storm, through the storm

The windows fought the wind

And the rival oak's broken arm

But they never gave in

So I'm tending the fire

That you built 'fore you left

It's not gone out once

So your home is warm

'Cause I've kept it warm

And alive while you were gone

So your home is warm

'Cause I've kept it warm

And alive while you were gone