Ranchero

I remember seeing our breath in the night

Under orange harps of the lamppost light

But the coldest air bellows from a mile and once

In our talks of what is and what is to come

But our father keeps the light on

Despite all we are

There's a candle in the window

Despite what I've done

I am a silent dusk at the gates of your love

I'm a forest waiting for burning above

Some great city, oh, how I sought

You learned by my own and by my own thoughts

My own shared by the father and the spirit and the son

We're a candle in the window

Despite what I've done

I can never tell you, never

Fight for my life and be right

While your life burns like a candle through the night

I remember hearing you say that you

Made a bed for me in your silent old room

And the father keeps the light on

Despite all we are

There's a candle in the window

Despite what I've done