Blue Jay Orchards Lyrics

I remember us by the budding trees, I held your tender hand

Put a blanket on the spring grass and watched the blue jays land

I bent down low before you, a green stain on my knee

I offered you a circle of love to share with me

With names the same and promises made, we went to work for free

Filling buckets full of berries and barrels full of dreams

You'd meet me on the dirt path under August's setting sun

Wipe the work day off my neck, taste the someday on my tongue

I'm just hanging on to reasons

Baby, come and take my hand

Will it fall apart tomorrow

Or work out like we planned?

And I'm hanging on to seasons

I just want to plant some seeds

There's a whisper in the moonlight

Oh, spirit, speak to me

Now we pick apples in the morning with our babies at our knees

See the frost on the tree trunks and the fire in the leaves

Bellies warm with cider, cheeks stinging in the breeze

Memories in the camera and pockets full of seeds

I'm just hanging on to reasons

Baby, come and take my hand

Will it fall apart tomorrow

Or work out like we planned?

And I'm hanging on to seasons

I just want to plant some seeds

There's a whisper in the moonlight

Oh, spirit, speak to me

Meet me in the orchard

Can you meet me there tonight?

You know where to find me between shadows and the light

I'm looking for what is and what isn't meant to be

I need to feel you near me beneath those twisted trees

When snow falls on the naked branch and you call me from our car

To stop your wheels from spinning and sit with you a while

I'll pull my hat on my gray head and shuffle through the gate

And find you in the orchard on an ancient winter day

I'm just hanging on to reasons

Baby, come and take my hand

Will it fall apart tomorrow

Or work out like we planned?

And I'm hanging on to seasons

I just want to plant some seeds

There's a whisper in the moonlight

Oh, spirit, speak to me

Spirit, speak to me

Spirit, speak to me