It Happens Every Day Lyrics - Dar Williams

The first part of every day for me is good 

I've got the bus stop in my neighborhood 

And every thing's on purpose, everywhere they go 

Hiding in my car and running in the snow 

Running with the friends they'll know for years 

I've seen it all from here, from here 

It happens every day, before they go to school 

They play until the bus drives up beside my lawn 

And there's always been a mother who waits till they are gone 

Then she turns away, happens every day 

Noon comes and turns this campus upside down 

I watch the students in this college town 

You would think they're carefree, I have seen their trials 

Frowning into Shakespeare and practicing their smiles 

Even underlining Nabokov 

When I am not in love, in love 

It happens every day, with their journals and cafes 

Looking up at their reflections on the other wall 

With every new idea, wondering if they've changed at all 

Then they turn away, it happens every day 

Life is as hard and as easy as they say 

Walking the steps we've chosen on this day 

Some will be outrageous, some have rarely shown 

Some will walk in couples, some will walk alone 

As I think about the world I see 

They stare and smile at me, at me 

It happens every day at the crossing of the street 

Looking out to see what's new and what is still the same 

And the only word for love is everybody's name 

And that will always stay, happens everyday 

And every day will happen without you