tv flashes down the hall painting pictures on the wall and you re still sleeping on my knees and in the glow of silver light i trace the lines above your eyes just another wrinkle that you can blame on me but i can hear the current of the freeway in the distance if i keep listening and i wonder if you ever thought of streaming off somewhere with it am i not what you thought will you get tired of what you got if i can t give you anymore than weathered ships and distant shores would you still be my compass yeah cause you keep loving me the same i don t know how but you still stay with me baby you stay with me baby another day another week we ll slip back in old routines until nights like these come in between simple moments in the dark ones that life can t tear apart they come along oh just when we need and i still hear the current of the freeway in the distance but i stop listening cause i know you ll stay even though the waves are always shifting we re fighting our way through i guess i always knew if i can t give you anymore than weathered ships and distant shores would you still be my compass yeah cause you keep loving me the same i don t know how but you still stay with me baby you stay with me baby you keep loving me the same i don t know how but you still stay with me baby you stay with me baby oh you stay with me tv flashes down the hall painting pictures on the wall