Tift Merritt The Things That Everybody Does lyrics

Everybody told me this is who you'll have to be
My hands in my pocket sits deep as they'd go
I walked home and packed up my cases to leave

I walked all over this country
I went down to the sea
I talked a lot with the sun and sky
I didn't talk much with anyone else, really

There are the things that everybody does
I was wondering what was all the fuss
I never knew exactly why it was, till there was you
Till there was you, till there was you

You found me up in attic, singing down to the leaves
You caught me reading love letters aloud
To horses and children, to stars and to trees

There are the things that everybody does
I was wondering what was all the fuss
I never knew exactly what it was, till there was you

Till there was you, till there was you

But a mountain is still a mountain
A mountain goes to the sea
No matter what I'd like to pretend
No matter what I'd like it to be

You know I don't have to stay here, I could fly off and leave
On the wings from a unicorn's breast
My typewriter strapped with diamonds to my chest
But how could I go with breakfast not over yet?

These are the things that everybody does
I was wondering what was all the fuss
But what a lovely morning that it was when there was you
When there was you, when there was you
When there was you