Ev'ry Hour

Verse 1

Woke up to the rain on the tin roof

Coffee cold and the kettle on the stove

Birds are singing through the window pane

And I'm thinking of her name

She walks by the garden gate

Laughing like she's got no care at all

I know that I shouldn't but I can't wait

To watch her spin and fall

Pre-Chorus

And the morning light is golden

On the hills of green and grey

I keep forgetting what I told her

Every single day

Chorus

Ev'ry hour of ev'ry day

I'm a fool for what you do

Ev'ry hour I drift away

Lost in somebody new

Oh the road goes on forever

And the night comes on so soon

Verse 2

She left her ribbon on the fence post

Red against the Scottish sky

Shouldn't feel like I'm the most

But heaven knows I try

Linda's in the kitchen singing

Pan and spoon and radio song

And I'm out here thinking, thinking

Where I went wrong

Pre-Chorus

But the sun keeps on a-shining

And the grass is growing tall

Tell me why my heart keeps hiding

When I'm standing in the hall

Chorus

Ev'ry hour of ev'ry day

I'm a fool for what you do

Ev'ry hour I drift away

Lost in somebody new

Oh the road goes on forever

And the night comes on so soon

Bridge

Remember when we did it in the road

It was only yesterday

Two hearts tangled in the overgrowth

And the sheep all ran away

Now I'm standing here with muddy boots

And the tape keeps rolling on

Layering the sound of hungry roots

Till the morning sings the dawn

Guitar Solo

(Oh-wah oh-wah oh)

(Ev'ry hour now)

Verse 3

She's gone now with the autumn

And the apples falling down

I keep the memory like a token

Tucked inside my old house sound

Her shadow on the stairway

Her whisper in the room

I'll love her till the dark days

But oh how I presume

Pre-Chorus

And the fire's getting low now

And the night is pressing in

I'll be writing her one more note

Before the tape begins

Chorus

Ev'ry hour of ev'ry day

I'm a fool for what you do

Ev'ry hour I drift away

Lost in somebody new

Oh the road goes on forever

And the night comes on so soon

Ev'ry hour my heart surrenders

To the things that I can't undo

Outro

Mm hmm mm hmm

Oh the evening bells are ringing

Mm hmm mm hmm

And the crickets join the tune

Ev'ry hour oh ev'ry hour

Underneath the silver moon