6) 500 ARMS

Words and Music by Douglas Wood

Produced by Judith Martin

Homonym Music ASCAP

© Douglas Wood. 2004

Just before I fall into the twilight dreamscape

Just before I fall, I wait for the hazy parade

I whisper all the names; conjure all the faces

I count the love I made

Till the whole world spins away

CHORUS:            Five hundred arms rock me to sleep

I make no apologies, I made no enemies

Five hundred arms rock me to sleep

I make no apologies, I made no enemies

Something I can keep, souvenirs of phantom heartbeats

Something I can keep, souvenirs of who I was

When the silence is too deep, when my bed is cold and angry

I count the love I made

Till the whole world spins away

CHORUS:

Just before I sleep when regrets are pale as moonlight

Just before I sleep when my heart is lit by stars

We had love we wouldn’t trade; we had pain that we can cherish

Do you count the love we made

Till your whole world spins away?