Nose Before Ear Lyrics - Cowboy Junkies

I'm gonna start this song on a dark low road 

Out of respect for the story that it tells 

It all begins with the prick of a finger 

A man and his fear, with nose before ear 

So many ways to love him 

So little time to choose among them 

I'll stick with the ones whose hearts are torn 

Broken, that's why the blues were born 

A man and his life and his race to the finish 

And the moments infused with dread 

All in the service of tryin' to diminish 

Disappointments that lay in ambush 

Upon the path ahead 

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I'm not tryin' to stitch this heart to that sleeve 

It's simply a case of mutual need 

A grief more dance than hearts can bear 

That's the way it goes, with nose before ear 

This is the story of the land-locked sailor 

Who cried himself to sea 

This is the tale of the sleeping princess 

Who found her way back to me 

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What we love will kill us 

That which won't don't thrill us 

I'm gonna tell you a story about the ones that I love 

And a life lived, nose before ear