The Things You Build Yourself

I found my voice Over Gillian Welch Wet eyes in the screen light The longing we felt I found my voice Over Gillian Welch Wet eyes in the screen light The longing we felt If I could take your heart Out of your chest Flesh in my hand Pushed through my breast I’d have your heartbeat Inside of mine I’d have your longing I’d give you mine I found my voice Over Gillian Welch Wet eyes in the screen light The longing we felt It’s like the way you pictured your mother in the 70s Bike wheels on the sidewalk, bare-feet, southern street, oak trees Riding down 13th in her blue jeans to The University She crawled through the window, front row, rock show, soul glow She found her joy With The Allman Brothers Band Her baby boomer parents Could not understand She found her joy With The Allman Brothers Band Her baby boomer parents Could not understand She married at the young age of 18 No need for career No completed degree Yet she spent hours in the library Her life always full, with always more to read She found her joy In the museum of art Regardless of her losses She would still have this part She found her joy In the museum of art Regardless of her losses She would still have this part When you’re down and feeling lonely you’ll have All the things that you have built for yourself If you ever lose your man or your wealth You will always have the things you built yourself