The Way I Tend To Be (Songbook Version)

Some mornings I pray for evening
For the day to be done.
Some summer days I hide away
And wait for rain to come.
It turns out hell will not be found
Within the fires below
But in making do and muddling through
When you've nowhere else to go

And then I remember you
And the way you shine like truth in all you do
And if you remembered me
You could save me from the way I tend to be
The way I tend to be

Some days I wake up dazed my dear
And I don't know where I am
I've been running now so long I'm scared
I've forgotten how to stand.
And I stand around in airport bars
And gather thoughts to think
That if all I had was one long road
It could drive a man to drink

But then I remember you
And the way you shine like truth in all you do
And if you remembered me
You could save me from the way I tend to be

'Cause I've said I love you so many times
That the words kinda die in my mouth
And I meant it each time with each beautiful woman
But somehow it never works out
But you stood apart in my calloused heart
And you taught me and here's what I learned
That love is about all the changes you make
And not just three small words.

And then I catch myself
Catching your scent on someone else
In a crowded space
And it takes me somewhere I cannot quite place

And then I remember you
And the way you shine like truth in all you do.
And if you remembered me
You could save me from the way I tend to be
The way I tend to be

The way I tend to be
The way I tend to be