The car wheels hummed and the radio whined

The rise and fall of telephone lines

I was trying to remember the last thing you said

Holding on to the slender thread



I was awakened last night by the knife of a moon

I've been spooling out a thread from my heart to you

Don't give up on me whatever you do

I'm holding on to the slender thread



So look up and bless every guiding star

We've worked so hard and come so far

And home is still wherever you are

Holding on to the slender thread



I never knew it would come to this

That world I knew would no longer exist

I can still feel it burn like a place you kissed

Holding on to the slender thread



So look up and bless every guiding star

We've worked so hard and come so far

And home is still wherever you are

Holding on to the slender thread



Scams and scriptures posted by the roadside

Whole stories hung out on loose on the clotheslines

I've left a trail of crumbs and a paper map

As the miles unravel, it's love that calls me back



I used to lay out altars in hotel rooms

On cigarette burnt tables and check out at noon

A stone and a feather and a letter from you

Holding on to the slender thread



So look up and bless every guiding star

We've worked so hard and come so far

And home is still wherever you are

Holding on to the slender thread