I Will Write My Book - Joe Henry

If anybody asks what’s new

I say, «not much,"and it’s mostly true,

But when my stars align with you

Then I will write my book.

I turn my face from all the rage

Playing on a grim, dark stage,

But you’ve shown me an open page

And I will write my book.

I have no time for what inclines

Their rhyme or broken reason;

The world is ruthless, shrewdly blind,

My oath to them is treason…

I’d never claim that what I’d heard

Was the first wave or the last word,

But your heart beneath my hand just stirred

And I will write my book.

I have no time for what inclines

Their crimes on every season;

The world is truthless, shrewdly kind,

My oath to them is treason…

I have no words to turn the tide

-Lights go out, and worlds collide-

But by your candle hopes abide

And there I’ll write my book,

By your candle hopes abide

And there I’ll write my book.