this one s for my wife where the earth shows its bones of wind broken stone and the sea and the sky are one i m caught out of time my blood sings with wine and i m running naked in the sun there s god in the trees i m weak in the knees and the sky is a painful blue i d like to look around but honey all i see is you the summer city lights will soften the night til you d think that the air is clear and i m sitting with friends where forty five cents will buy another glass of beer he s got something to say but i m so far away that i don t know who i m talking to cos you just walked in the door and honey all i see is you and i just want to hold you closer than i ve ever held anyone before you say you ve been twice a wife and you re through with life ah but honey what the hell s it for after twenty three years you d think i could find a way to let you know somehow that i want to see your smiling face forty five years from now so alone in the lights on stage every night i ve been reaching out to find a friend who knows all the words sings so she s heard and knows how all the stories end maybe after the show she ll ask me to go home with her for a drink or two now her smile lights her eyes but honey all i see is you  and i just want to hold you closer than i ve ever held anyone before you say you ve been twice a wife and you re through with life ah but honey what the hell s it for after twenty three years you d think i could find a way to let you know somehow that i want to see your smiling face forty five years from now and i just want to hold you closer than i ve ever held anyone before you say you ve been twice a wife and you re through with life ah but honey what the hell s it for after twenty three years you d think i could find a way to let you know somehow that i want to see your smiling face forty five years from now