Devereaux

Lyrics for Devereaux

I never questioned The call of the father to his next of kin Pull me out of the fire Tell me you love, and throw me back in If I could ask for mercy If I could give up this life of sin The only one I've ever known Visit my parents and then go back home Been scanning the stations Searching for a song to fall back in love Came across one that shook me So sweetly when I was young Before I was rusted as this car Before the bitter moths consumed The brighter spots of a hopeful past Is it too much to ask for something that will last? Devereaux I always heard as my granddad's name The first time that I felt its weight, I cried and I said "Devereaux In the space between here and you There's a kid who don't know what to do He waits in the silence to hear" And inside of the tent They're turning animals to men Here's a heart for guilt Here's a mind to think again Outta my garden, out of my life But I wasn't born to be this I was born to fight dragons With a cowl on my face With an auspicious birthday Outta my garden, out of my life Riverrun to the country I sail in a basket down the tides and wait For some gentle face to come Peering down through the wicker frame I think of my mother and her voice The dishes that she made, it's too late To hope that the one who finds me now Will know her song and speak it out loud And she said, "Deveraux We all come from a long, long line Today you're walking it side by side with me and mine Oh, Deveraux I always heard as my own dad's name The first time that I saw you take it, I cried and I said 'Devereaux In the land beyond me and you A bunch of kids who don't know what to do We wait in the silence to hear'" Devereaux We all wait in the silence Devereaux We all wait in the silence