Something Real Lyrics - All That We Let In - Indigo Girls

words and music by emily saliers 

I've seen the sun on a funeral, the full moon in a midday sky 

Tactician politician hold his head and wonder why 

I'm always struck that much harder by the power of suggestion 

By now I know the answer's always in the question 

Now that we're done with that why don't you warm the car 

All of the fields are filled with fresh boys playing football 

More than the weather chills, the bands practicing their drills 

I've got to get back to something real with you 

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I had to call your parents to get your number again 

I was either gonna be the prodigal or the banished friend 

We were standing against an outside wall, I was afraid of what you'd say 

It took me ten years to call you back but here we are today 

Now that we're done with that why don't you warm the car 

All of the fields are filled with fresh boys playing football 

More than the weather chills, the bands practicing their drills 

I've got to get back to something real with you 

So life has brought you this: two marriages and three kids 

And me life as slick as ice that finally hit the skids 

You're as sweet as you ever were 

A slight sickness of regret washes over me 

And in the end that's all I get 

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Now that we're done with that why don't you warm the car 

All of the fields are filled with fresh boys playing football 

More than the weather chills, the bands practicing their drills 

I've got to get back to something real 

I've got to get back to something real 

I've got to get back to something real with you