These Beautiful Things That I

Lyrics

[Verse 1] I leave the porch swept clean Set two cups beside the sink Fold the blue shirt by the window Before I have a chance to think I call my sister on a Tuesday Ask how the garden's doing fine Small enough to miss completely Still they keep this heart in line [Pre-Chorus] No grand design, no perfect proof Just little ways of making room [Chorus] These beautiful things that I do A chair pulled out, a door held through A meal made warm, a hand reached down A lost pair of keys turned back around If love is built from what we choose Then every day I leave a clue In all the quiet, faithful things These beautiful things that I do [Verse 2] I water basil in the morning Watch the sparrows take their share Tape the cracked frame in the hallway Brush the dust from someone's chair I listen when the story circles I stay when the easy words are gone Sometimes being there beside you Is the only way to carry on [Pre-Chorus] No grand design, no perfect proof Just little ways of making room [Chorus] These beautiful things that I do A chair pulled out, a door held through A meal made warm, a hand reached down A lost pair of keys turned back around If love is built from what we choose Then every day I leave a clue In all the quiet, faithful things These beautiful things that I do [Bridge] And when my name is far behind me When the years have changed the view May the people I have cared for Feel the shape of something true Not a monument or story Not a photograph in blue Just a thousand gentle moments Still alive in what I do [Final Chorus] These beautiful things that I do The light I save, the patience too The morning bread, the evening call The way I make some room for all If love is built from what we choose Then every day I leave a clue In all the quiet, faithful things These beautiful things that I do [Outro] These beautiful things that I do Keep finding their way back to you