Ordinary Home

On the shores of our green doorstep Past the waves of crabgrass growing And the spray of new buds blowing There's been something about the weather In the air the talk is April Where the blue light birds are singing Like a chorus line of small bells ringing High in the trees above All the sounds are like a silence And the breeze is an ocean's roar And the cliffs are rolling fences To the lamppost outside the door All the streets are like explorers And the city's a starry dome From this porch where we were married, darling In our ordinary home Now the dog's asleep and dreaming In a land of clouds and pillows And a sleepy weeping willow Pines away for the evening flowers Through the window by the picture You can see the moon careening Through the sky of hope and meaning darling In our ordinary home I don't know about tomorrow Or the miles before I sleep All we have are clothes to borrow And there's nothing that we may keep Say your prayers for your brothers Say your prayers for everyone We belong to one another, darling Under the golden sun Now there's gold on the horizon And the clouds are embers glowing Petty soon the full moon will be showing Over the skies of Eden There's a candle in the window Like a thousand stars of evening burning Suddenly your whole life's turning In our ordinary home It's a rainbow world we live in And the colors a waterfall These are blessed days we're given It's a wonder we're here at all Am I still the one you married When the world was a morning dove Is it not too ordinary darling Here with the one I love Is it not too much to carry, darling In our ordinary home