The Secret Handshake Of Fate Lyrics - If The World Was You - J.d. Souther

If the world was flat 

Id walk off the edge 

But I cant cause its to big and round 

I can just see myself 

Falling through space 

Grateful not to be found. 

Trouble with living here in the future 

And sailing the Dutchmans sea 

Is the trouble with love in the present tense 

And the fear of eternity. 

See no matter where you are 

Youre about to come round 

To just where youve already been. 

Dont be afraid 

It happens to people 

And then it happens again and again. 

Go off this marble 

Leave something here 

For somebody else but you. 

Awww its a pity 

Most folks dont realize. 

If the world was safe 

Id fly in my sleep 

Crashing right through these blue walls. 

Doubts and fears would rise 

Like a duster in Texas 

Cushion my deadly fall. 

The problem is worse 

If youre religious 

What keeps your head in its place? 

They think what they think 

But you know what you know 

The secrete handshake of fate. 

If the world was you 

Id travel extensively 

Visiting some places twice. 

Scrambling for purchase 

Wherever its slippery 

Against all and any advise. 

Id sleep upside down 

For a new view of heaven 

Dream at both ends of the night 

All through the middle 

Id breathe with you 

Knowing wed be all right. 

(Then wed go) 

Twisting into the light.