Somehow She Knew

Somehow She Knew (7: 05) Words: David Crosby As the room slid into focus and he woke up With room service at the door And he wondered why he never spoke up About all of that fear before It was standing just an inch behind him A shadow stalking by his side A thing he was afraid would find him And wash him away in the tide And somehow she know why I was crying She knew just which fears I had not faced In her eyes I could see Where I was lying to myself And a path that she gently traced To where the man in the movie said Is it all right If I miss her tonight And the man felt just like me They say a wolf in a trap will chew off his own leg I guess I did the same It's what you do with a thing you can't handle A picture you just can't frame And from somewhere deep in that movie She opened a door in my chest And delicately took out a death That had never been laid to rest And somehow she knew why I was crying She knew just which fears I had not faced In her eyes I could see where I was lying To myself And a path that she gently traced To where the man in the movie said Is it all right if I miss her tonight And the man felt just like me David Crosby: Lead Vocal, Acoustic Guitar Jeff Pevar: Vocals, Mandolin James Raymond: Vocals, Piano James Hutchinson: Bass © 1998 Stay Straight Music (BMI), Fair Star Music (ASCAP)