Andrew Calhoun - Day In and Night Out

Day In and Night Out

Teach my poor body to hold you,
Teach my faltering fingers to feel you;
Teach me to love you, and I'll love you more
Than you have been loved before.

I will comb your hair, I will wash your feet,
I will hold to the place where our destinies meet;
By the side of the river with a bee in my shoe,
I will wait for you; I will wait for you,
Day in and night out,
Though I suffer within
And I suffer without.

I was not born for you, you were not born for me
We were born for ourselves, and are both of us free
To see everything that the waterbug sees—
To follow our passion anywhere that we please,
Day in and night out,
Though we suffer within
And we suffer without.

If I were in heaven, and you were in hell
I know very well to eat my pride
I'd stand by your side
And I'd burn by your side,
Day in and night out,
Though you suffer within
And you suffer without.

Teach my poor body to hold you,
Teach my faltering fingers to feel you;
Teach me to love you, and I'll love you more
Than you have been loved before.