Karen Dalton

The names of the living have been changed

And every face obscure

But no secret whispered low

Will ever go unheard

The radio calls and fades to grain

As we slip the reach

Though singing out aloud

We've so long lived beneath

So catch me if I go astray

Or if I run aground

Believe me if I'm falling free

Either up or down

We talk of love like we speak of God

Willing each to be

A savage creature in our hearts

Turning us like the king

Like a voice thrown across the room

I say more than I know

Like some hand on my back

I'm led to where I go

So catch me if I go astray

If I run aground

Leave me if I'm falling free

Either up or down

So raise a glass, a flag, some cane

Like children of your own

I've knit your brow to be

The map I follow home

Moving through fallen trees in dark

We're promising

I gamble my soul for change

But play it all for keeps

So catch me if I go astray

Or if I run around

Believe me if I'm falling free

Either up or down