Tift Merritt Follow

Everybody told me
This is who you'll have to be
My hands in my pockets as deep as they'd
go, I walked home and packed up my cases to leave

I walked all over this country
I went down to the sea
I talked a lot with the sun and the sky
I didn't talk much with anyone else, really

There are things that everybody does
I always wondered what was all the fuss
I never knew exactly why it was ('Til...)
'Til there was you
'Til there was you
'Til there was you

You found me up in the attic
Singing down to the leaves
You caught me reading love letters aloud
To horses(?) and children, to stars and to trees

There are things that everybody does
I always wondered what was all the fuss

'Til there was you
'Til there was you
'Til there was you

But a mountain, still a mountain
A mountain goes to the sea
No matter what I'd like to pretend
No matter what I'd like it to be

You know I don't have to stay here
I could fly off and leave
On the wings of a unicorn's breast
My typewriter strapped with diamonds to my chest
But why would I go, breakfast's not over yet

These are the things that everybody does
I always wondered what was all the fuss
But what a lovely morning that it was
When there was you
When there was you
When there was you
When there was you

Everybody told me
This is who you'll have to be
My hands in my pockets as deep as they'd