Lyrics

LATITUDE

I gave my suitcase
to the baggage man
whose leather hands remind me
that the last one
is the longest mile
I said "take me anywhere the ferry blows"
and I pulled out a smile

I was a lucky traveller
never missed the final plane
always searching for the point
where mountains meet the sea
never thought you'd show me
how broad the variation could be

you wind your latitude about me
sunshine 'round the corner of my gloom
I could find pretty boys to pout me
but I rather would rather would find you

but for all the deepening lines
and necessary changes
that brought you to the deck
to smoke that last cigar
I would have wasted all my
bold, late-night exchanges on falling stars

you wind your latitude about me
sunshine 'round the corner of my gloom
could find pretty boys to pout me
but I rather would rather would find you

holy leavening, holy leavening
take away, take away all this floor
four and fiving and six and sevening
never no, never no, no, no more
oh oh been out of the sun into the moon
there's something so right in this cocoon
you and I float the highest balloon

you wind your latitude about me
sunshine 'round the corner of my gloom
I could find pretty boys to pout me
rather would find you, rather would find you