Lately I've been coming down on the sunny side of sadness
It's funny that it comes with no small sense of satisfaction
When you're always on the verge of crying diamonds on your pillow
What's the use to say you saved yourself for some tomorrow?
At Cle Elum we could visit sometime
At the market on the roadside
You can work for what you want
Hope it shows up on time
But some people take a long time
Some people take a long time
If it's any consolation we will always be together
In our secret constellation where you promised me our Heaven
Darning up our legs in the Big Ben
Drinking coffee, smoking cigarettes
And the grocery store we'll visit sometimes
But we'll never say what's on our minds
You can pray for what you want
You can chase the silver lining
But some people take a long time
Some people take a long time
Some people take a long time
Some people take a long time
If I tried to measure paces, you will steer it to cooler waters
If I hammered on the keys, you'd say to play a little softer
If I was drowning in the gutter, you would stick me in the compost
I would try to build a garden but I'm afraid of digging tunnels
Only down
Only down
Only down
Digging down
Digging down
Down, down, down
At Cle Elum, meet you there sometime
We could read aloud the road signs
If we woke up in the strange light, on the wrong side of the bed
Throw the diamonds in the wash again
Throw the diamonds in the wash again
But some people take a long time
Some people take a long time
Some people take a long time
Some people take a long time