The first time I saw her standing there
Her face was as welcome as pouring rain
Washing the spoils of old love aside,
Leaving us in the eye of a hurricane.

She stayed by my side through the loneliest Christmas,
She stayed by my side to my mother’s dismay.
Running fast, a new life, a new start with Lilah
And so hell-bent this heart wouldn’t break again

Oh Lilah, girl can’t you see
I was down and exhausted,
Lost & accosted
And you gave the world back to me.

We shared a mattress in River City,
As faces so blurry, they came and went.
She stared at me in the bedroom mirror
Through winters of tears all my secrets she kept.

Lilah, oh Lilah how good you are,
How you trust in the world, how you trust in me.
I’ve forgotten how to live without you,
Maybe that’s how things are supposed to be.

Oh Lilah, girl can’t you see
I was down and exhausted,
Lost & accosted
And you gave the world back to me.