bluejays and cardinals all come out to play the highway traffic gets out of your way skies clear up if they re overcast pitbulls are gentle when you come past the stars come out of hiding for you and i would too but this world couldn t hold you you slipped free yeah this world couldn t hold you you slipped free without me new sheen all over everything when you open up your mouth to sing baseballs travel farther when you watch them fly apples fatten on the tree when you walk by you bring something unreplaceable to each and every day or you used to anyway but this world couldn t hold you you slipped free yeah this world couldn t hold you you slipped free without me