Tift Merritt - Broken lyrics

Once you were a straight shot

A shiny quarter in a new slot

Night would keep the dreams that you got for t'afternoon

Then telling the truth got so hard

We were dancing in the backyard

Once I knew the end and the start, but now that's through

Now you're broken

And you don't understand what is broken

Falls into place once again, hand of kindness

Come and gather me in like a rainstorm

Again and again and again

But morning comes to clean up

Like nothing happened when your heart stopped

Like all the lawyers calling all cops to wave days through

Just close your eyes for this long

Something's mixed up and something's gone

Only fingers can you count on and one leaves two

Now you're broken

And you don't understand what is broken

Falls into place once again, hand of kindness

Come and gather me in like a rainstorm

Again and again and again

I think I will break but I mend

And it's these most loved losses, they are just old coin tosses

And these most loved losses are the hardest to carry

I wish I were a freeway

Laid out clearer than a bright day

Run wide open down this cost way like brand new

But I'm broken

And you don't understand what is broken

Falls into place once again, hand of kindness

Come and gather me in like a rainstorm

Again and again

'Cause I'm broken

And you don't understand what is broken

Falls into place once again, hand of kindness

Come and gather me in like a rainstorm

Again and again and again

Again and again and again

Again and again and again

I think I will break but I mend