Open Arms (Don t Explain) - Bruce Cockburn John Leventhal Patty Larkin Shawn Pelton Zev Katz

You're born into a strangers' world

Learn the language word by word

Take a step and then you turn

And you don't explain

Mama holds her arms up too long

Daddy makes his arms look strong

Take another step and then you're gone

And you don't explain

And when the rain comes down

Feel like a waste of time

Fall into those open arms

Don't explain

The river runs along the road

And that's the story you get told

You tore the map and bound for gold

And don't explain

The teacher learned the truth from books

The preacher did all that he could

Reaching for you but it does no good

Don't explain

And when the rain comes down

Feel like a waste of time

Fall into those open arms

Don't explain

At dawn a patchwork from above

A job that you've been dreaming of

When you land you kiss your love

Don't explain

Lover holds you when others go

Colors you with another soul

Stands behind when you stand alone

And you don't explain

And when the rain comes down

Feel like a waste of time

Fall into those open arms

Don't explain

And when the rain comes down

Feel like a waste of time

Fall into those open arms

Don't explain

Born into a strangers' world

Learn the language word by word

Take a step and then you turn

And you don't explain