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Back to Earth

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Back to Earth Lyrics

I guess my heart just settled back to earth
I rode a dream so wild and free for all that dream was worth
True love is both a blessing and a curse
I guess my heart just settled back to earth

I remember what you said that night so long ago
My dream for you had ended and you let me know
So I bounced from sky to sky, tryin' to keep the dream alive
But everything I did just made it worse
I guess my heart just settled back to earth

The songs our love created, I still sing
And every night we'd make the rafters ring
And tonight I'll sing for everything I'm worth
For all the hearts that settle back to earth

The songs our love created, I still sing
And every night we'd make the rafters ring
And tonight I'll sing for everything I'm worth
For all the hearts that settle back to earth

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

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Cover art for Back to Earth lyrics by Willie Nelson

by valjeang

12y ago

Lyrics read above: Love created songs that I still sing. Love we knew still makes the rafters ?red?.

should be: makes the rafters ring.

This is a song about going from heavenly exciting love to back to earth's position of "I am not loved by this person anymore." Sad song, beautifully expressed.

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