A Little Touch of the Familiar

A LITTLE TOUCH OF THE FAMILIAR

I am a stranger a Long Way from home
I'm always in danger, and forever alone
I worked on the pipeline, I was chilled to the Bone
Then on my own time, my heart turned to stone
You were just 16 when I was 21
Homecoming queen and the cheerleading team
I was well known for my round the end run
When I'd sub for quarterback, I was the fast gun

There is no reason to hasten away
I'm coming in peace, and I might know the way
There is so much that we could do today
A basket of strawberries picked on the way
Are you a White Dove or a Mockingjay?
What will you do for the rest of the day?
Can you smell the flowers and all the new mown hay?
Can you feel the New Moon up and over the Bay?

There came a day you flew so far away
Down by the River, I knelt down to Pray
When all of my dreams were just wasting away

CHORUS:
We all need A Touch Of The Familiar right now
The pat on the back or the shy turn away
The look up from under, The gleam in the eye
The Wind in the Willows, the Moon in the sky
A touch of the familiar, a calling I know
The sky is falling, so look Out below
Blood on the water, A Line in the Sand
You are my lover and I am your man

Sun on the horizon at the end of the day
All of my memories just get in my way
Walls of remembrances still here today
I just don't think that they're going away
What will I do at the end of the day?
When all of my colors have all turned to Gray
I'm just another one wasting away
Like a candle on fire, won't you come home to stay?

There is just one thing I can't understand
Where did you go when you gave me your hand
I just don't know if it's part of the plan
Can we stay together right here where we stand?
There is a forever across the desert sands
There is a river through the Promised Land
Can you forgive me for what I have done?
I will still love you when we are on the run

CHORUS:
We are Familiar unto one another
Most of the time we should stay Undercover
I've never known a more passionate lover
If you go on home I will never recover
I need a Touch Of The Familiar right now
I'll make it over the Bridges somehow
The same little houses wherever you go
Why lovers are spouses, I guess I don't know

There's a stand of tall grass in the meadow below
Stand on the rocks, you can see the Rainbow
I want to make love to you, so soft and so slow
To carry us off to where the River flows
There's a pan pipe in a soft wind and some chimes in the trees
You hear Divine voices that float on the breeze
You drink the Wine, hoping right down on your knees
There's never a moment that you plead, Baby, please

The way that you bleed it’s amazing to me
I think I have a read, and so, if I may, please
If we don't rise, we'll go down by degrees
The sun in your eyes and the wind in the trees
The rivers so wild, the mountains so high
It all could be gone in the blink of an eye
Two Souls come together, just like you and I
Tender surrender, but just please don't ask why

The Sun never sets in Eternity
Never forget just what you mean to me
I have no regrets, and none I foresee
Please don't forget all that you mean to me
I'm on my way now, I'll follow the Sun
I'll sleep in the shadows till the new morning’s dawn
You will remember me after I'm gone
Come next December, the tide will roll on

A Little Touch Of The Familiar
A Touch Of The Familiar
We're turning Steel right into Silver
A May- December sweet surrender
A Little Touch Of The Familiar
When we're down beside the River
A Little Touch Of The Familiar
And the Lord, he will Deliver
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