[Intro]
G C/G G C F/C C
[Verse 1]
G D C G
Balmorhea, well, what say you?
G D C D
Will you meet me there when I come passing through?
Em D C G
And if you find reason to hide, you know where you can come.
G D C G
That is, if I'm not the one you're still hiding from.
[Verse 2]
G D C G
But I pawned my faith there and I couldn't buy it back,
G D C D
When you said your life there on the stage was all an act.
Em D C G
Where the world saw you as a phoenix on the wind with wings of fire,
G D C
Oh, it's plain to me, you'll always be a sparrow,
Cm G
Singing softly on the wire.
C Cm G
Whoa-oh, a sparrow singing softly on the wire.
[Verse 3]
G D C G
Now the boys talk over and the girls chatter loud
G D C D
And your precious dirge upon the stage was so drowned out.
Em D C G
But I realized it's not the song or the stage that made you shine;
G D C
It's the way you speak, your soft mystique, and one day I,
Cm G
For a season, tried to make you mine.
C Cm G
One day I, for a season, tried to make you mine.
[Outro]
G C/G C F/C
