In This Life

I look out my window at the world i once owned
And i see it's still spinning round
But somewhere above me a light i once knew
No longer shines through the clouds

But that's somebody else's moon tonight
Those are somebody else's stars
They're are no longer mine
'cause somewhere tonight
You're in somebody else's arms

Remember the wishes we made in the night
When dreams were supposed to come true
Well i do 'cause you put the stars in my eyes
As you softly promised the moon

That's somebody else's moon tonight
Those are somebody else's stars
They're are no longer mine
'cause somewhere tonight
You're in somebody else's arms

They're no longer mine
'cause somewhere tonight
You're in somebody else's arms

Now i taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
I've shown the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears i've cried over that woman
Well they're gonna flood you big river
And i'm gonna sit right here until i die

Well i met her accidentally in st. paul, minnesota
And it tore me up every time i heard her draw that southern draw
Then i heard my dream was back downstream in davenport
Now i followed you big river when you called

Then you took me to st. louis later on down the river
Freighter said you'd been here but she's gone said boy she's gone
Well i found her trail in memphis but she just walked up the block
She raised a few eyebrows then she moved on down the ?
Yes she did

Now i went back down to baton rouge my little queen rollin' on
Take that woman on down to new orleans, new orleans
Go on i've had enough dumped my blues down in the gulf
She loves you big river more than me

When i pulled into nachez yesterday down the river
You know there's not much there to make you stay very long
When i left it was raining so nobody saw me crying
Big river why's she treating me this way

Now i taught the weeping willow how to cry, cry, cry
I've shown the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears i've cried over that woman
Well they're gonna flood you big river
And i'm gonna sit right here until i die

Yeah i'm gonna sit right here until i die

When the boy was no more than a shaver
His man told many a tale
How his great grandad used to go drovin'
Back and forth on the oachezown trail
Now you might say the boy got infected
By a fantasy of the old west
For his heart and his soul got connected
To a spirit that won't let him rest

Chorus
Now he don't wear spurs that go jingle
He don't spend his nights 'round a fire
He lifts diesel oil that is horses required
But he is a latter day cowboy
Dressed as a truck drivin' man
Drivin' his wheels and his dreams to cheyenne

He beds down by the side of the highway
At the sight of the first evenin' star
In the darkness his big pony idles
As he quietly strums his guitar
And he sings out a song of his sweetheart
Even as her sweet memory grows dim
And he sings of the trail he has chosen
But the actual fact is the trail chose him

Repeat chorus

Driving his wheels and his dreams to cheyenne

I look down the road that winds in the distance
And wonder where it might lead
I only know it makes no difference
As long as you walk with me

Chorus
Many a mile we will travel
Many a dream we will share
Many a time we will gladly take the long way there
With every step we will draw closer
With every step our love will grow
Take my hand, we have many a mile to go

True love is not a destination
But one day we will arrive
This is the journey we will be taking
The rest of our lives

Repeat chorus

There will be days we're missing
All the places our love has been
There will be joy in knowing the best
Is still around the bend

With every step we will draw closer
That every turn our love will grow
Take my hand, we have many a mile to go
Take my hand, we have many a mile to go

There's a look on your face that says your leavin'
You've already got one foot out the door
If it's new love or not like that you're leavin'
I won't leave the light on anymore

I still believe we could hold it together
But there's something i want you to know
When i gave you my heart i gave it forever
But you can't take it with you when you go

While you're packing your suitcase pack my memories
'cause i don't want them around here when you're gone
And if you let that door close behind you
Say goodbye to the love we have known

Chorus

When i gave you my heart i gave it forever
But you can't take it with you when you go