A Few SImple Words
Cowboy Junkies

What does he see in those mashed potatoes?

What secrets does he hold that can be so grin?

The silence like a canyon dividing them

He's on one side, she's opposite him

Trying so desperately to get his attention


She says, Honey, you're a bastard of great proportion

He says, Darling, I plead guilty to that sin

With potatoes half way to his mouth

He looks her in the eye and says, Without a doubt

My love for you is all that I believe in


With those few simple words, her heart is sent soaring

She's able to face another day through the anger and the laughter

She knows that she matters and somebody out there cares


What does she gain by all this sulking?

What trouble can there be for one so young?

Dark tension building like the clouds of a storm

Her daughter's in her room and she's at the door

Trying to figure what all this fuss is for



She says, Mother, you're a witch and I'll always hate you

She says, Daughter, perhaps these words, you speak are true

She quietly moves towards the bed, look her in the eye gently says

But I will always believe in you


With those few simple words, her heart is sent soaring

She's able to face another day, through the anger and the laughter

She knows that she matters and somebody out there cares


What do we need to keep us going?

What do we need at the end of the day?

Mysteries keep piling like dirty clothes in the corner

You never thought you'd give up, but you're beginning to wonder


When through the gloom you hear a familiar voice say

A few simple words that send your heart soaring

You're able to face another day through the anger and the laughter

You know that you matter and somebody out there cares


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