dinner
time in this tiny seaside town,
dogs were barking, kids were laughing,
I was counting the days left till fall.
The sun was setting heavy,
the moon a trace paper thin.
And I was getting ready to go out and get
my fill of oysters so small, sweet and cold.
A dozen oysters to help me
taste the beauty in getting old.
Because the smaller the thing,
the bigger it feels
The less these days I've got to
worry about
You've got the kind of smile
that holds me down
The simpler the words,
the more they mean
The less I try to fix you,
the more I can't fix me
You've got the kind of smile
that holds me down
Oh it seemed the whole town
was out that night
with their suntanned hands
and their sandy jeans
And while the local bands
started digging in,
the volume of happiness
completely shut down
Every cell phone and every TV,
everybody's pretense
of it's all about me
And so we grabbed our drinks,
grabbed our chairs,
headed towards the exit
and walked outside
And we went into the streets,
people poured out of cars,
and all at once it seemed
And we're all looking up to witness
This display being put on by the mystic
Oh, the whole dome of stars that night
Never had the darkness
looked so bright
Never had the silence
sounded so right
The lady next to me just off the cuff
said the stars outnumber our hearts
And everything inside of me
just took a breath and stopped
Stars outnumber our hearts
Because the smaller the thing,
the bigger it feels,
the less these days I gotta
worry about
You've got the kind of smile
that holds me down
The simpler the words,
the more they mean
The less I try to fix you,
the more I can't fix me
You've got the kind of smile
that holds me down
I said it's true
You've got the kind of smile
that holds me down
When the lights came back on,
I closed out my check and
started back home
With the knowingness
that my capacity to have a little
bit of fun had grown
With this moment, this memory,
that I will always hold
This perfect night in Au gust,
when I got good with getting old
I got good with gettin' old,
gettin' good with gettin' old
Because the smaller the thing,
the big ger it feels
The less these days
I've got to worry about you