Melissa Etheridge By Back Door song lyrics

When I was a child I dreamed like a child of wonder

With my back in the grass, my eyes to the sky to see

I believed in the stars and I knew they cast a spell

That I was under, with my fingers in the dirt

I was part of the earth, every living thing was part of me

But it's gone, it's gone

It's gone, it's gone, gone

I can't feel it, I can't feel it

Must've found a way out my back door

Must've run away out my back door

Because it's gone, gone, gone

Then I fell in love, love gave me a shot of pure desire

There was nothing else like this this unimagined bliss, this ecstasy

Deep inside the night I believed I saw the light ignite a fire

And it burned into the dark it burned deep inside my heart

I thought it would burn eternally

But it's gone, it's gone

It's gone, it's gone, gone

I can't feel it, I can't feel it

Must've found a way out my back door

Must've run away out my back door

Because it's gone

So I run into the street and I'm shouting into the phone

Asking everyone I meet

I say have you seen it on my doorstep? Did you see it in my car?

Have you seen it in the alley? Was it on the back of some guitar?

Is it sleeping in the hallway? Does it cry all night alone?

Is it selling itself for money? Does it want, does it want to come home?

Then I saw the world wounded deep and curled up on my sidewalk

With their mouths all white and pale, telling all their tales reality

So I picked up a sign and I found my place in line

And I shouted no talk but the men all painted proud

Their words empty and loud are trying hard to sell my dream

And they tell me it's gone

They say it's gone, they say it's gone

Oh, but I can feel it, oh I want to feel it

I can't let it run away out my back door

I can't let it run away out my back door

Lord, if I look out there, if I look out there every day

I can't let it run away, I won't let it run away

But if I look out there every day