Whisper on My Skin

It’s that picture of you
Lookin' up at me
Watchin' all my moves
I wonder what it is you see
It’s that smile on your face
It lifts me up off the ground
But Darlin', never be afraid
To have to let somebody down
I’d like to think that there is nothin' in the world
Like the light through the blinds on a brown-eyed laughin' girl
Like the callus on the hands of an honest lovin' man
Like a whisper on the skin in the darkness now and then
In the darkness I stand
Like a stature, all alone
Without this tiny weddin' band
I’d be a heart, and blood and bones
I’d be a torn and worn-out wishful woman
Tied to the tracks
And I have been down in that place
I ain’t ever goin' back
I’d like to think that there is nothin' in the world
Like the night fallin' in on a sweet and sleepin' girl
Like the callus on the hands of an honest lovin' man
Like the whisper on my skin in the darkness now and then
It’s that picture of you
Lookin' up at me
Watchin' all my moves
I wonder what it is you see
It’s that fire burnin' slow
It’s the soft south-Texas wind
It’s the sweet smell of smoke
Like a whisper on my skin