If 8 Were 9
If skin should touch
And words evaporate
Trouble clear out of sight
With my whole body listening
My heart leans out
Like these old river trees
Closer to be where you glide
Moving under me glistening
If 8 were 9
I would hold you
I would rock you
I would shelter you darling
If 8 were 9
I would lift you
Lift you clear off the ground
Through the gates into morning
That time would stretch
Stretch out these magic hours
Into days into years
Tomorrow lost in the distance
A voice speaks out
Says 'Hey man, let it go'
But when a heart has been true
It don't make any difference
If 8 were 9
I would hold you
I would rock you
I would shelter you darling
If 8 were 9
I would lift you
Lift you clear off the ground
Through the gates into morning
If 8 were 9
If 8 were 9
If 8 were 9
Through the gates into morning
Yeah eh eh eh
Through the gates into morning