Indigo Girls Birthday Song song lyrics

I couldn't think of a thing to write

On your birthday card

Considered the poets, they didn't know

What lay quite inside my heart

I thought of Atlanta, I thought of Toronto

And all of the places we've been

I filled up my tea and looked into the trees

And still came up empty again

So I guess the next time you see me

In a world of partial truths, you will fully believe me

I have nothing to give except for to live

Like the person you know me to be

I can clean up the kitchen and fold up your clothes

Neatly as I am able

Wrap a box up with ties for a surprise

Order you flowers for the table

Or I could book us a trip on a plane or ship

I know how much you love the sun

You could gamble on me like the lottery

I'll make you feel like you've won

And I'll bet the next time you see me

In a world of partial truths, you will fully believe me

I have nothing to give except for to live

Like the person you know me to be

Life is short and so on

I'd like to give you something to go on

Grow on

They recently paved the walk on our street

We looked at the shiny cement

We stopped the car ready to carve

Our names into permanence

For a moment we're kids intent on a whim

There is no shadowy past

But even so it urges to go

And put something down that will last

So here goes, the next time I show up for you

You will know and believe

I am ready to give, ready to live

Like the person you know me to be