I Will Wait For You

If you have to go to Paris in the spring If it's not time for you to wear this ring If you need time to clear your mind until you have a clue I will wait for you If you need another month to think If you need an even stronger drink If your fears convince you you are bound to break in two I will wait for you Years ago you couldn't pin me down I was running, running all over town I couldn't hear the sweet sound of your voice If you're afraid and all that you can hear Is your heartbeat and the blood inside your ears If worry is an ocean and you're drowning in the blue I will wait for you If your eyes won't close until the dawn If you still need all the curtains drawn When you can't stop thinking of the drop of the other shoe I will wait for you I will wait for you It's not fair to say I should move on It's your terror not me who will be gone Until that day comes I'll just sing songs for you Highways and restaurants Airplanes and coffee shops Book stores and museums overseas Crowded parks and laundromats Elevators, railroad flats They'll be there when you're back up on your feet The world continues to spin Where you'll be is not where you have been One April day, all the clouds will part And you will hear the music of your heart Till you've the urge to reemerge and come back into view I will wait for you In forty years, if you're still around If you're in our house while I am in the ground If I reach the holy gates of heaven before you do I will wait for you I will wait for you