A Place To Stand Lyrics - Patty Griffin

Here on the inside looking at the outside 

losing my memory faster than my pride 

Here I am baby, blind as a bat outta hell 

Cut me loose of that ball and chain 

Packed up a glad bag hopped on a train 

to the land of the lonely, as far as I can tell 

I was laughing like a fool on fire 

candle burning into my hand 

sitting like a bird on a wire 

I had to find me a place to stand 

Here is a man (?) with his poison pen 

and his children in armor and frustrated men 

and women who don't know why they were sent here at all 

You might think think that we'd had our fill 

and we'd stand up and fight if we just had the will 

if we just had a little more time to love something 

We're all laughing like fools on fire 

candle burning into our hands 

sitting like birds on a wire 

I got to find me a place to stand 

Foolish heart don't have no rest 

from the moment your head leaves your mama's chest 

from the moment you hold the child in your hand 

from that moment until you find your place to stand 

Little bit older, years going by 

Squeezing that stone but my word's still dry 

Here I am here I am 

Laughing like a fool on fire 

candle burning into my hand 

sitting like a bird on a wire 

I had to find me a place to stand 

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