I was dabbling in the affairs of the heart

Against the backdrop of a broken one

And I was grappling with a promise I'd begun

If only an unspoken one

But in the peaceful pre-dawn, with the outlines getting clearer

I saw a child's reflection in the mirror

I was driving with the windows down

The day had not arrived yet but the morning had

And with the morning came the morning sounds

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I could hear the morning sounds

And the mysteries astound me

And the struggle it surrounds me

But it was only peace that found me

When I heard the morning sounds

I was leaving the apartment of some

Ballerina waitress girl I'd met the month before

And I was grieving for the dream she'd started making

And the parts of me I knew I'd never show her

But in the dawn's confusion as the living things awaken

I felt the joyful side of me start shaking

And fatigue gave way to ecstasy

The day had not arrived yet but the morning had

And with the morning came the morning sounds

Chorus

I could hear the morning sounds

Said it was only peace that found me

When I heard the morning sounds

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