The strip mall takes the land and leaves it bare
And all of the trees that were there
Get shipped off to factories where

They're turned into paper or chairs
I sit here at my wooden desk
Making up nonsentences

Trying to do some justice
To the trees that have died in the path of my pen
But love songs aren't easy to write

This one kept me up all night
So did you so I guess it's alright
At least it seems fitting

I've been wishing on every star that I've seen since
the day that we met
Maybe somewhere down the road

We can be three things: happy, together and old
I know that our chance are slim
Hearts are so easily broken

And it might be one in a million
But so are you
So I think that we should

Add up all of our failures
See if it's an even number
If it is, then let's just consider all those as

practice
And make this the first
The seconds turn into hours

The hours will turn into years
And my heart just beats louder and louder
Each time that you kiss me

I've been wishing on every star that I've seen since
the day that we met
Maybe somewhere down the road

We can be three things: happy, together and old
The water below us was dark / at the foot of the rock
quarry wall

We were surrounded by stars / as we watched for the
next one to fall
Then with a smile on your face / you caught me

completely off guard
I felt my heart skip a beat / I was scared it might not
beat at all

But as it turns out it was just switching from a march
to a waltz