Compass Rose

I see the mornin' breakin', paintin' colors in the sky

For a moment I am taken by the minutes passin' by

Before the world comes callin', I hold tight to the life that I chose

There's faces I remember and places I forget

Every highway town looks the same the further out I get

The lighthouse in the rearview fades away with the comin' of the storm

But north, south, east, west, anywhere I go

I carry my lady, my love, my compass rose

She's a dancer, she's a lover, she's a never-endin' smile

Got bones that'll make you bleed and leave you cryin' like a child

She's the guidin' white line and the dead-end sign in the road

But north, south, east, west, anywhere I go

I carry my lady, my love, my compass rose

There's love songs on the radio and petals in the breeze

There's traces of her perfume in every breath I breathe

No matter far or wide, she is by my side, callin' out to me

And north, south, east, west, anywhere I go

An arrow buried deep inside my weathered, weary soul

Both hands on the steerin' wheel, she's bringin' me back home

I carry my lady, my love

I carry my lady, my love, my compass rose