Window Seat by Cuchulain

Every time I see you smile
I see your grandma's eyes
Tiny wrinkles to the past
A time machine leads me back

To an ambulance in Spain
They asked, "Do you know your name?"
You don't remember me arriving
It meant I'd be driving

To a nighttime street in the Marais
The wine and I don't think we paid
Your hands around my chest
I biked and tried my best

To a park in late September
I wonder if you remember
The people in the horse and carriage
When you first brought up marriage

And I want you to have the window seat
I want you to feel like you can sleep
I want to give and give
I want you to live and live and live

I want to fold your laundry
I wanna smell your cooking
I want Thanksgiving and also Christmas
I want to be your witness

To a Friday night on the bathroom floor
Screaming what's it for
Did they even try hypnosis
Can't it be another diagnosis

To a wedding or a funeral
Your hands a gentle push and pull
You cry first at these things
Especially when the choir sings

To a DC porch at golden hour
Your book and a jar of flowers
The sun lit up your hair
I tried hard not to stare

To the living room where I got it wrong
When I put you down in song
You listened anyway
To me and my mistakes

And I want you to have the window seat
I want you to feel like you can sleep
I want to give and give
I want you to live and live and live

I want to fold your laundry
I wanna smell your cooking
I want Thanksgiving and also Christmas
I want to be your witness

To a weekend night with nothing on
The kids are grown and gone
Say could you water the plants
Say could I have this dance

To the neverending ever after
The holy barnyard church rafters
The drunken singing seraphim
Who let you in and then begin

And I want you to have the window seat
I want you to feel like you can sleep
I want to give and give
I want you to live and live and live

I want to fold your laundry
I wanna smell your cooking
I want Thanksgiving and also Christmas
I want to be your witness

• Alternative
• Folk
• Indie Folk Rock
• folk rock
• singer-songwriter
• Eugene