I've Been Meaning to Call-Robert Francis

[00:15.269]Early to rise, early to bed [00:18.341]That moment I arisen I shaved my head [00:21.790]Doing so that morning began with a grin [00:25.384]I left behind my old feebled skin [00:30.805]It was middle of May, the seasons were bending [00:34.733]I in with the seasons could predict no ending [00:38.165]Lived in the moment, being as it were [00:41.396]That moment surrendered and led me to her [00:47.549]Exchanging glances, our eyes by a thread [00:50.903]I tucked her right over by a tilt in my head [00:56.444]I followed her blind to an old record store [01:00.181]While one of her friends found a way through the door [01:05.973]In the dark we played records with everyone high [01:09.704]I held her hands when the police drove by [01:12.998]She asked me about home, if I missed it at all [01:16.037]I thought mama, oh, mom I've been meaning to call [01:34.932]The band went home, I stayed behind [01:37.924]I took the Muskegon ferry from the Milwaukee line [01:41.621]Arrived at her door to clutch all her heartstrings [01:44.984]We're driving up North to forget everything [01:50.923]I followed her to beaches, we slept on the dunes [01:54.342]I still see her eyes lit by fragments of moons [01:57.829]Not crescent nor full, inside of the storm [02:01.262]She'd dive and resurface each time changing form [02:07.221]But time kept insisting we both sink like rocks [02:10.947]Time out of water resumed on the clocks [02:14.022]She slept while the second hand spun on the wall [02:17.061]I thought mama, oh, mom I've been meaning to call [02:35.070]I didn't want to lose her, I bought two tickets home [02:38.350]We left Copper Harbor scared to be alone [02:41.984]Standing there watching our feet off the plane [02:45.327]Each step she took further, I was less the same [02:51.127]I was running from whoever I was at the time [02:54.429]I went running right into the middle of a crime [02:57.894]I was calling in the quicksand just to get above the grime [03:01.437]Just to come up for some air, I was climbing to climb [03:05.053]And I didn't mean to hurt you when I turned on a dime [03:08.256]And just within a day you were well on your way [03:14.245]And I went to the river where all sinners meet [03:19.247]Watched the animals run from headlights in the street [03:23.900]I thought I'm like all the rest, I just wanna be impressed [03:27.530]You've gotta be above someone to watch 'em fall [03:31.284]Emily, I've been meaning [03:34.532]Emily, I've been meaning [03:37.546]Emily, I've been meaning to call