A Certain Light
Josh Ritter · Beast In Its Tracks [2013]
My new lover, sweet and kind
The kind of lover that one rarely finds
And I'm happy for the first time
In a long time
Came along and opened up a door
Though I know I've been in love before
I feel it so much more
Than the last time
And she only looks like you
In a certain kind of light
When she holds her head just right
It's been winter for a while
The north wind's wail cut like a baby child's
It was hard to think her smile
Could bring the springtime
But it did, and now it is
The green, green grass has grown up green
And it's feeling just the way it did
The very first time
And she only looks like you
In a certain kind of light
When she holds her head just right
And any more would stretch the rhyme
So let me leave this where I started
I'm just happy for the first time
In a long time
In a long time
The kind of lover that one rarely finds
And I'm happy for the first time
In a long time
Came along and opened up a door
Though I know I've been in love before
I feel it so much more
Than the last time
And she only looks like you
In a certain kind of light
When she holds her head just right
It's been winter for a while
The north wind's wail cut like a baby child's
It was hard to think her smile
Could bring the springtime
But it did, and now it is
The green, green grass has grown up green
And it's feeling just the way it did
The very first time
And she only looks like you
In a certain kind of light
When she holds her head just right
And any more would stretch the rhyme
So let me leave this where I started
I'm just happy for the first time
In a long time
In a long time