In the calling out to one another
Of the lovers up and down the strand
In the sound of the waves and the cries

Of the seagulls circling the sand
In the fragments of the songs
Carried down the wind from some radio

In the murmuring of the city in the distance

I hear the sound of the world where we played

And the far too simple beauty
Of the promises we made


If you ever need holding
Call my name,
I'll be there

If you ever need holding
And no holding back,
I'll see you through

Sky blue and black

Where the touch of the lover ends

And the soul of the friend begins
There's a need to be separate and a need to be one
And a struggle neither wins

Where you gave me the world I was in
And a place I could make a stand
I could never see how you doubted me

When I'd let go of your hand

Yeah, and I was much younger then

And I must have thought that I would know
If things were going to end


And the heavens were rolling
Like a wheel on a track
And our sky was unfolding

And it'll never fold back

You're the color of the sky

Reflected in each store-front window pane
You're the whispering and the sighing
Of my tires in the rain

You're the hidden cost and the thing that's lost
In everything I do
Yeah and I'll never stop looking for you


In the sunlight and the shadows
And the faces on the avenue


That's the way love is
That's the way love is

Sky blue and black