Lyrics
[Verse 1] You kept a paper boat Inside your winter coat Folded from a letter You never meant to send At the corner bookstore You found a map of shore With one small island marked Where all the roads would end [Pre-Chorus] You said, “Come see what’s waiting Beyond the painted line” I brought my old blue suitcase You brought a borrowed sign [Chorus] We took the long way home Past fields of yellow stone Two names beneath an apple tree And room for one more dream If every road can bend Then every tale can mend You laughed and said the world was wide I said, “It’s wide enough for me” [Verse 2] A tailor on the pier Had sewn the clouds sincere He pinned a silver button To the sleeve of afternoon A child with seven kites Was teaching them to write Each ribbon drew a sentence That disappeared too soon [Pre-Chorus] You said, “The wind is changing Put your worries down” I left them by the footbridge And listened to the town [Chorus] We took the long way home Past fields of yellow stone Two names beneath an apple tree And room for one more dream If every road can bend Then every tale can mend You laughed and said the world was wide I said, “It’s wide enough for me” [Bridge] When evening gathered slowly Around the windows’ blue The map became a mirror And I could see you through No grand design was needed No promise carved in gold Just footsteps finding music And hands that wouldn’t let go [Final Chorus] We took the long way home Past fields of yellow stone Two names beneath an apple tree And room for one more dream If every road can bend Then every tale can mend You laughed and said the world was wide I said, “It’s wide enough for me” [Outro] Keep that paper boat Wherever you may go Some journeys start as little folds And learn to cross the sea
