Shake

We’re in the car and you’re driving me

Back to the place that I call home

Right now home feels so far from you and me

And the space where we exist here alone

Gram is playing quiet on the radio

The conversation’s light but not free

Wish I could confirm what I think I know

Is the constant on your mind always coming back to me

I don’t want to shake the family tree

Or break the branches nearest me

My dear I’ll hold you in my thoughts

so tenderly

Raising a child is a heavy weight

Trying hard to not let history repeat

One day you’re free and the next it feels too late

To let a new lover in, sweep you off your feet

I don’t want to shake the family tree

Or break the branches nearest me

My dear I’ll hold you in my thoughts

so tenderly

Wish I could see the places we would go

Hear every song that’s ever set your soul on fire

Wish we had time to learn everything

But my home is coming up around corner in a mile

I don’t want to shake the family tree

Or break the branches nearest me

My dear I’ll hold you in my thoughts

so tenderly