The daughter of a captain on the rolling seas, She would stare across the water from the trees. Last time he was home he held her on his knees And sa… - Jackson Browne

I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means.
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams.

Between the darkness on the street
And the houses filling up with light.
Between the stillness in my heart
And the roar of the approaching night.
Somebody's calling after somebody,
Somebody turns the corner out of sight,
Looking for somebody
Somewhere in the night.<p>Tender is the night.
When you hold your baby tight,
Tender are the motions, tender is the night.

I told her I had always lived alone and I probably always would.
And all I wanted was my freedom.
And she told me that she understood.
But I let her do some of my laundry,
And she slipped a few meals in between.
And the next thing I remember, she was all moved in.
And I was buying her a washing machine.