Our Purpose Here

It's a quiet street in someone's town
 On stranger's feet I mark my ground
 I trace my circles round and round
 I'm sworn to find me
 In a party scene and I'd just got loose
 Its my devil's luck to be introduced
 To one who takes their shape like you
 It unbinds me
 We knew we wouIdn't have everything
 And time proves it true
 I've got a flat-top six dressed in steel strings
 And I don't have you
 You wouIdn't like the life
 And I wouIdn't want you to
 There's a secret in this solitude
 As my love unfolds I find it's often crude
 I call you late and my words intrude
 And I falter
 But the miles don't shrink by telephone
 The crackling wire becomes our home
 I tell you I'm okay alone
 And then I wonder
 I've got towns ahead
 And shows behind
 And I won't be lost
 I join my name to that solid line
 Though it always costs
 But it takes my time
 And it fills my mind
 And it feeds the ghost of
 Memories in the quiet heat
 When our words were trim
 And our hope was neat
 We said our purpose here
 Was to be complete with 'I want you'
 It's a woman's dream this autonomy
 Where the lines connect
 And the points stay free
 We said passion as an open sea
 Would only haunt you
 I watch the last cab
 Turn its headlights down
 To today's sunrise
 I must have wanted you in every town
 And it's no surprise
 That want alone don't sit you down
 By my love eyes
 I've got memories in the quiet heat
 When our words were trim
 And our hope was neat
 We said our purpose here
 Was to be complete with 'I want you'