VIEW FROM THE TOP

took my whole lifetime
to make it up here
I might last all night
and I might last all year
but right now I'm lucky
right now I'm in love
it's a view from the top
with some help from above

I followed the back roads
I followed my heart
I knew that I'd find her
or else fall apart
I knew that I'd find her
or else go down fighting
a view from the top
through the clouds and the lightning

it's a view from the top you see with baby's eyes
a view from the top it's hard to describe
you just swallow it down, a perfect little pearl
then you begin letting go of the world
it's my first communion, my first time drunk on wine
it's my blood transfusion when my life's on the line

oh I might last all night
or I might disappear
I'm finally being born
after all these wild years
I'm hearing her heartbeat
I'm holding her near
a view from the top
she sure looks good from here

she's dressed up our bedroom
with velvets and bones
the lamp burns down purple
the radio moans
I stagger through the door
I say, Honey I'm home
it's a view from the top
and I'll never be alone

it's a view from the top it's a tough bank to rob
a view from the top it's an inside job
it's a dream in a dream it's a double exposure
it's a backstage pass when the rock show is over
it's my first communion, my first time drunk on wine
it's my blood transfusion when my life's on the line