for joni

when I heard in your interview
no new song I'd hear from you
my heart sank well into blue
so I sing to you

all those years in my ears
all those words and melodies
the way you sang always to tears
you bring me every time
every time

shine on like your last one
dancers fly, singers fly
through the sky
and I sigh; all that light
all your might
I guess it's hard to see
how it all felt to me

so here is one for you gal
tossed out there and somehow
it will reach the heart of you
like you reach mine you do
like you do
like you do
like you do.


lodato 08-22-2013