Thousand Songs I Haven't Told

[Verse 1] I left the harbor while the day was still undecided A folded chart beside the notes i couldn’t write Past the bluff, the road kept changing its opinion One turn gave me gold, the next one gave me white [Pre-Chorus] I’d been chasing one clean answer Like a tune could only go one way Then the coastline moved the measure And the words came loose enough to play [Chorus] Every mile turns another page Every headland opens up the range I came to name the thing i couldn’t see Now the whole wide coast is writing back to me I’ll take the long way, let the blue unfold There’s a thousand songs i haven’t told [Verse 2] A fishing town slid by with gulls above the breakwater A radio tower blinked against the afternoon I sang a line about the kelp beds and the ferry Then changed the final word before the next lagoon [Pre-Chorus] No two stretches held the same light No two thoughts would stay in place So i let the road keep turning And gave the melody a little space [Chorus] Every mile turns another page Every headland opens up the range I came to name the thing i couldn’t see Now the whole wide coast is writing back to me I’ll take the long way, let the blue unfold There’s a thousand songs i haven’t told [Bridge] By the time the sun leaned low behind the ridgeline I had three good verses and a chorus with room to grow The album wasn’t waiting at some distant finish It was taking shape wherever i chose to go [Final chorus] Every mile turns another page Every headland opens up the range I came to name the thing i couldn’t see Now the whole wide coast is writing back to me I’ll take the long way, let the blue unfold There’s a thousand songs i haven’t told There’s a thousand songs i haven’t told [Outro] One more curve, one more thought to carry home The road keeps giving, and the words keep coming