Swept Inside

	  		
verse 1 
C 
By the shattered calls of a mother's arms 
All swept-inside like the rosary 
F 
That fell away when her girlish charms 
Cried out to take on motherhood 
C 
She waits by the windowsill 
All wrapped in white and puzzling 
F 
What happened to the child inside? 
Who ran the streets and the days at night... 


C 
She says, "Nothing seems the same." 
And, "I can't change a thing." 
F 
"My body's like a wave, breaking to the sea." 
C 
She says, "Everything seems strange." 
Locked behind the years 
F 
But life is ours to find, in the days at night 


verse 2 
C 
There passes a stranger every eve 
Who walks himself on a silver-leash 
F 
And in his head, the worlds asleep 
Or, so the wrinkles in his hands believe 
C 
When he was young, he had a dream 
To be a star, on the movie-screen 
F 
Now it all seems a silly lie 
As he walks alone 
And, the days on fire 


C 
He says, "Nothing seems the same." 
And, "I can't feel a thing." 
F 
"My bodies like a wave, caving in on me" 
C 
He says, "Everything seems strange." 
Holding back the tears 
F 
And he smiles just like a child 
In the days at night 


Refrain 
C 
Mother of song 
You'll find the right way 
F 
To cherish in dreams 
All of the small things 
C 
Father in time 
You'll find a world 
F 
That's so perfect and calm 
All of the small things 

Refrain 
C 
Mother of song 
You'll find the right way 
F 
To cherish in dreams 
All of the small things 
C 
Father in time 
You'll find a world 
F 
That's so perfect and calm 
All of the small things 

Refrain 
C 
Mother of song 
You'll find the right way 
F 
To cherish in dreams 
All of the small things 
C 
Father in time 
You'll find a world 
F 
That's so perfect and calm 
All of the small things 

Refrain 
C 
Mother of song 
You'll find the right way 
F 
To cherish in dreams 
All of the small things 
C 
Father in time 
You'll find a world 
F 
That's so perfect and calm 
All of the small things