Out Past Nightline

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Where me and my family, we keep the table warm You came in like a question through the screen-door storm Please me, reveal what you’re holding back I’ve been reading your silence like a folded map Make a fire, babe make it for you, babe If you want the truth I’ve got a little to save [Pre-Chorus] Where have you been? I can feel the shift Every time you smile it’s a half-made myth Where have you been? Say it plain to me I’m still standing here with the door unlatched [Chorus] Where have you been? Where have you been? OK, see you around out there Where have you been? Where have you been? Come back when you can stay there [Verse 2] I have a myriad summary though of the nights you skipped Little things in the hallway and the words you clipped We often night at the edge of dawn You left your shoes by the mat and then you were gone Now I’m on the porch with the screen lit blue Trying not to guess what you’re going through [Pre-Chorus] Where have you been? I can feel the shift Every time you smile it’s a half-made myth Where have you been? Say it plain to me I’m still standing here with the door unlatched [Chorus] Where have you been? Where have you been? OK, see you around out there Where have you been? Where have you been? Come back when you can stay there [Bridge] If you’re lost, say lost If you’re tired, say tired Don’t leave me with the smoke and a promise in the wire I can hold this line I can hold this home But I need your voice before the night runs cold [Final Chorus] Where have you been? Where have you been? OK, see you around out there Where have you been? Where have you been? Come back when you can stay there Where have you been? Where have you been? I’m still here, still here, still there