This One's Here

[Verse 1]
I passed the house with the blue front door
Where I might have learned to mend a chair
I chose the road that I’m walking now
Still sometimes count the roads from there

[Pre-Chorus]
All those names I never wore
Can rest outside my door

[Chorus]
I didn’t live every life I dreamed
But this one’s here, and it’s holding me
The hands I have, the ground I know
The small, bright yes of where I go
I let the other pages turn
I’m here; there’s still so much to learn

[Verse 2]
I never took that midnight train
Never said the thing that changed the room
But morning finds my kettle singing
And basil leaning toward the noon

[Chorus]
I didn’t live every life I dreamed
But this one’s here, and it’s holding me
The hands I have, the ground I know
The small, bright yes of where I go
I let the other pages turn
I’m here; there’s still so much to learn

[Bridge]
No need to mourn each unopened gate
I’m not too early, not too late

[Final Chorus]
I didn’t live every life I dreamed
But this one’s here, and it’s holding me
The hands I have, the ground I know
The small, bright yes of where I go
I let the other pages turn
I’m here; there’s still so much to learn

[Outro]
This one’s here
And so am I