We Walk the Same Line

After unpacking moving boxes recently, I was reunited with one of my favorite CD's by Everything But the Girl. Bouncing away on my rebounder, I played it over and over like a teenage groupie.

I was particularly inspired by one of the songs written by Tracey Thorn. It put into music what I have felt for Kathleen during her treatment and recovery from breast cancer.

We Walk the Same Line

If you lose your faith, babe, you can have mine,
and if you’re lost I’m right behind, cause we walk the same line.

Now I don’t have to tell you how slow the night can go,
I know you’ve watched for the light.
And I bet you could tell me how slowly four follows three,
and you’re most forlorn just before dawn.

So if you lose your faith, babe, you can have mine,
and if you’re lost I’m right behind, cause we walk the same line.

And I don’t need reminding how loud the phone can ring
when you’re waiting for news. And that big old moon lights every corner of the room.
Your back aches from lying and your head aches from crying.

So if you lose your faith, babe, you can have mine,
and if you’re lost I’m right behind, cause we walk the same line.

And if these troubles should vanish like the rain at midday,
well I’ll have no doubt there’ll be more. And we can’t run and we can’t cheat,
cause baby when we meet what we’re afraid of, we find out what we’re made of.

So if you lose your faith, babe, you can have mine,
and if you’re lost I’m right behind, cause we walk the same line.

To the other single mums in the world affected by breast cancer:
When you're lost, we're right beside, cause we walk the same line with you.

B4Bx