by Mary Chapin Carpenter
(from the album Stones in the Road)

I can tell by the way you're walking,
you don't want company
I'll let you alone and I'll let you walk on
and in your own good time you'll be
Back where the sun can find you,
under the wise wishing tree
And with all of them made we'll lie under the shade
and call it a jubilee

And I can tell by the way you're talking,
that the past isn't letting you go
There's only so long you can take it all on,
and then the wrongs gotta be on its own
And when you're ready to leave it behind you,
you'll look back and all that you'll see
Is the wreckage and rust that you left in the dust
on your way to the jubilee

And I can tell by the way you're listening,
that you're still expecting to hear
Your name being called like a summons to all
who have failed to account
For their doubts and their fears,
they can't add up to much without you
And so if it were just up to me
I'd take hold of your hand
Saying come hear the band
play your song at the jubilee

And I can tell by the way you're searching,
for something you can't even name
That you haven't been able to come to the table,
simply glad that you came
When you feel like this try to imagine
that we're all like frail boats on the sea
Just scanning the night for that great guiding light
announcing the jubilee

And I can tell by the way you're standing
with your eyes filling with tears
That it's habit alone that keeps you turning for home,
even though your home is right here
Where the people who love you are gathered,
under the wise wishing tree
May we all be considered then straight on delivered
down to the jubilee

Because the people who love you are waiting,
and they'll wait just as long as need be
When we look back and say
those were halcyon days
We're talking about jubilee

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