It's The Breath

IT’S THE BREATH

The long nights are long past us
And the songs we sang to the gods
Reeling out of this dusty old box
A voice comes haunting me now

You say "Ritchie, there's only one song
No singer, no player, no time
There's only one hook that matters
It's the breath that gives the song life
It's the breath that gives the song life"

When I went down a dark dark road
You did not hesitate to follow
You met me there at the blue crossroads
In a cloud of magpies and swallows

"Ritchie, there's only one song
No singer, no player, no time
There's only one hook that matters
It's the breath that gives the song life
It's the breath that gives the song life"

Your guitar could ring like a bell
Choke back a cry, wail a wild cat scream
Feedback comes howling at me
With a pirate's glint on a dead calm sea

You say "Ritchie, there's only one song
No singer mon, no player mon, no time
There's only one hook that matters
It's the breath that gives the song life
It's the breath that gives the song life
It's the breath that gives the song life
It's the breath”