Looking Up

[Intro: soft acoustic guitar, gentle and slow] [Verse 1] Night comes early out here Dark by eight, no city lights I pull a chair into the yard And look up at the sky [Verse 2] So many stars out here Bright enough to give away The ones I counted as a kid Are still there Still in place [Chorus] I often look up at the stars Don't know what I'm looking for Maybe someone, maybe nothing Maybe I just want to sit And not rush home [Verse 3] The day's worries don't matter now One wind and they're gone Those lights up there Traveled ten thousand years Just to reach me [Bridge: guitar only, quiet] This little patch of ground I sit on Is a little patch of the universe When I think of that The days feel lighter [Final Chorus: piano joins softly] I often look up at the stars Not to see anything clear Just to remind myself The world is big And I'm still here [Outro: guitar and piano fade, crickets] I'm still here...