Sign of the Times

SONG 61...there is a long chain of favors leading back to the source
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COMPLIMENTS AND FAVORS

Deliberate or accidental…you can take your pick
The strange circumstances surrounding this hit…and run
You merge left…and then you merge right
You try to pick the best lane tonight
But the truth is…no matter which you choose
They all go the same place

And they keep saying to me
I ought to bend before I break
But I just don’t see the logic
In calculating my escape

**Chorus**
These compliments and favors
Broken down trucks and broken down hearts
You’re my favorite collision
I have come across so far
And I don’t know the plan
But there’s got to be reason and some truth
In all these compliments and favors
That lead to you…

There is a beauty in the unexpected and unseen
The sweet heavy sky that blankets our schemes
Please believe me when I tell you all I want is your smile
I bet you haven’t heard that in awhile…if ever

In all my scattered searches
In all my shattered days
I’ve never met another soul
That shook me up this way

**Chorus**
These compliments and favors
Broken down trucks and broken down hearts
You’re my favorite collision
I have come across so far
And I don’t know the plan
But there’s got to be reason and some truth
In all these compliments and favors
That lead to you…


Champagne and celebrations…love letters
And anticipated phone calls from the North
The culmination…we wait for
Of an unbroken chain of favors back to the source

Though I’ve had my reservations
And at time I’ve wandered off the course
At the end of this long and winding road
I was always yours

**Chorus**
These compliments and favors
Broken down trucks and broken down hearts
You’re my favorite collision
I have come across so far
And I don’t know the plan
But there’s got to be reason and some truth
In all these compliments and favors…

Compliments and favors
Flash floods and forest fires
Your evening collision
Is all that I desire
And I don’t know the plan
But there’s got to be some reason and some truth
In all these compliments and favors
That lead to you…