I know that fan is moving air I can see it in your hair But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow I'll rise and fall with you Cause you can't fail me now, I'll rise and fall with you Cause you can't fail me now
Salt is sweet upon my mouth And dark thrwos sparks against my house The stain of love's a smudge upon my brow. And you can't fail me now, And you can't fail me now
I bit off more than I can chew It's something that I tend to do When fewer words are what we need and how And you can't fail me now But you can't fail me now
I lost the thread among the vines And hung myself in story lines That tell the tales I never would allow God knows the name of every bird That fills my mind like angry words But you know all my secret heart avows...
We're taught to love the worst of us And mercy more than life, but trust me: Mercy's just a warning shot across the bow And you can't fail me now, And you can't fail me now, More from Loudon Wainwright III