Shadows on the wall Across the sky across the floor I woke my eyes and scratched my head And crawled out of an empty bed Go and put the record on So beautiful and more than I And every line speaks to me In thousand ways for miles and miles I thought of this from a hundred different directions I thought of this from a hundred different directions I thought of this from a hundred different directions But none of them right One two three four five I'm gone My bags are packed the day is done City lights just shine like chrome Flowing over me and I'm just standing still There's a letter in my hand That you wrote to me I had a while And every line speaks to me In a thousand ways for miles and miles I thought of this from a hundred different directions I thought of this from a hundred different directions I thought of you from a hundred different directions But none of them right But none of them right So I know, So I know That your beautiful So I know, there must be more than I sing, yea I have tried, and I'm trying to find the words for it But never from to me I thought of this from a hundred different directions I thought of this from a hundred different directions I thought of you from a hundred different directions But none of them right I've tried to see myself in this world from a hundred directions I've thought about my friends and my family from a hundred directions I've thought about my face and my girl from a hundred directions But when I try and find the words Not a single one, single one is right