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see these lines on my face, they were not here when we met
see these paths we have worn with not one step to regret
see the sun sinking low on these tennessee hills
see the love we both know growing quiet and still

see the woman you’re leaving now, see the woman you left back when
you left her to be with me
see the woman you’re dreaming now, tell her stories of where you’ve been
sing a new love song and set me free
and take it easy

you can buy a new hat, it will not change your brain
you can buy a new pen but your handwriting’s the same
you can love someone new in a faraway land
but until you change you, you just hold a new hand

it’s terrific and terrifying, letting go of everything you’ve thought
for years upon years
it’s downright death-defying, carrying on in the face
of the face in the mirror

the one who says does not know, the one who knows does not say
we have to sufer to grow, we have to find our own way
i can point to the truth and to the nose on my face
but if I can’t face me i will still fall short of grace

you can say that you love me still, even though i was not your savior
even though i can’t save anyone
and i can love you and always will, own up to my bad behavior
but my best was all that could be done
so i’ll take it easy
and you take it easy
take it easy