Departures

Another morning that you're stirring at the crack of dawn
 I lie there doing nothing flinching when the light comes on
 And you're checking things against a
 List to make sure nothing has been missed
 Your passport and your boarding pass
 You always leave them out 'till last
 And I'm puffy eyed and I'm not much use
 But you manage to be patient as you pass me my shoes
 Another morning that we're rushing out into the car
 The day will come when we leave in enough time but its not so far
 So in the midst of all of this i forget to steal a kiss
 To hold your hand and tell you "you
 Don't understand how you'll be missed"
 So i hang around 'till you've checked your bags
 You wont get rid of me 'till security
 But you'll hold your dreams with mine
 And i'll hold yours too because
 I will take my chances on your wood shoe dances
 'Cause Nothing makes sense the way this does
 It's the life we have chosen it's the life that has chosen us
 So take car darling then and let me know you land okay
 I'll head back home and watch my phone until i know you got there safe
 And we'll steal a moment now and then to hear each other's voice again
 Adding up the hours ahead to talk before we go to bed
 It's the same old words for the same old love
 That never quite feel big enough
 But we'll do the best we can
 With faces on a screen
 But it's more gigantic than the whole Atlantic
 And any other ocean in between
 Not the love I have chosen but the love that has chosen me
 So i'll keep the home fires burning darling, waiting for your return
 Soon enough the time will come to pack my bags and take my turn
 But no amount of sky and water stands between the bricks and mortar
 Where my true love's flesh and bones that will always be my home
 And we'll make our own mistakes
 Just like ev'ryone does
 You can take your chances I don't have the answers
 But we'll work it out as we go on because
 It's the love we have chosen it's the love that has chosen us
 It's the love we have chosen it's the love that has chosen us
 So just let me know when you land okay