The Starlings: Audio & Lyrics
Hand to Mouth
(The Starlings)
March 25, 2006
written by Joy Mills
Tell me a story ‘bout when you hit the road
Tell me a story what it’s like to grow so old
Well I know you’ve been hanging around hand to mouth
Would’ve liked to have seen you in your highest summer
Would’ve liked to have known you when life was younger
‘Cuz I know must be hard just hanging around hand to mouth
Doubt myself, I don’t doubt you
Imagine all the things that life put you through
I may doubt myself, I’ll never doubt you
Oh la la la la, when will we be through
With wishing it all away
Wouldn’t it be nice to grow some wings
Wouldn’t it be so nice to hear the choir sing
‘Cuz I know things can be so heavy here on the ground
But in your eyes I see that undying ember
Of all the places all the times you remember
And I know they will always be your own mystery
Doubt myself, I don’t doubt you
Imagine all the things that life put you through
I may doubt myself, I’ll never doubt you
Oh la la la la, when will we be through
With wishing it all away
Tell me a story ‘bout when you hit the road
Tell me a story what it’s like to grow so old
‘Cuz I know you’ve been hanging around hand to mouth
And I know must be hard just hanging around hand to mouth