Reconciliation Song

Just got back from Baltimore,
Spent the day at the Inner Harbor,
and I heard your message on the machine.

Said she is young, said she is witty;
Ran into her while you were in the city.
It's the first I've heard from you in ages;
what does this all mean?

Now I'll make some time to take that tumble.
Swallow my pride, allow myself to stumble,
because the years keep moving us further
and further from where this plan began.

And it's all right,
oh, it's all right,
to search for that starting point tonight.

Pulled out a box filled with your old letters,
poems, notes, an old college sweater.
I guess I keep them to remind me
of the man that you once were.

We were honest when we were twenty.
Halos rounded us, two bright pennies.
We held each other's futures tight
and marched together into the light.

But now I'll make some time to take that tumble.
Swallow my pride, allow myself to stumble,
as the days keep moving us further and further
from where this plan began.

And it's all right,
Mmmmmm, it's all right,
To search for that starting point tonight.

We had a home once; we had a child.
Another lifetime, a thousand miles;
but I can't say that these years apart
have been that sad.

Our lives are twined growing ever longer.
Don't know you lately, but once I knew you;
would be grateful to feel that close and trust you once again.

For now I'll make some time to take that tumble.
Swallow my pride, allow myself to stumble,
as we keep moving further and further
from where this plan began.

So it's all right,
Yes, it's all right,
to search for a starting point tonight.