Arrival Lyrics - Singles - Dar Williams

My dad is a miracle and so's my mom, they fly over the blue 

They finish their dinner and then they take one another's hand 

And off they go to find a broader point of view 

For it's a give and take beyond the ordinary 

What with all the cats and kids that they've loved 

And they will not be alone 

Well, my friends give me purple flowers and orange tea 

And Goosedown spinning quilts and Turquoise chairs 

We greet one another in a wild profusion of words 

Wave farewell amidst the wonderment of air 

In the laughing times, we know we are lucky 

In the quiet times we know that we are blessed 

And we will not be alone 

Well, the light that stopped the night felt like forgiveness to you 

As the garbage trucks came bustling through their rounds 

You stared at the pictures on your walls and all the postcards 

From your friends as you heard the birds and old familiar sounds 

That's when you knew this world can't be saved, only discovered 

And you knew things could be different than be before 

And now you will not be alone any more