Lyrics

You took a book of matches
From the corner bar
You said it's getting late
I walked you to your car

You held your coat so heavy
I didn't know how to ask
If I could take you out dancing
If I could be your man

We danced like it was prom night
Danced under cardboard stars
A far cry from those gym lights
Inside these city bars

And I knew right then
Swaying in your arms
That I would never leave you lonesome
I would never do you harm

You and I both have Roanoke hearts
That were ransacked and abandoned and left alone at the start
I know you're tired of being lonely
Of living like a stranger here
Oh won't you be my one and only
I promise we won't disappear

I lay awake at night
I can hear you sleeping
And in that morning light
I feel the darkness creeping

I have a worrisome mind
It makes it hard to be free
I know one day this world will try
To take you away from me

And from this heart of a young man
To that heart grown old
And from the flesh of a young land
And to it's blood gone cold

You and I both have Roanoke hearts
That were ransacked and abandoned and left alone in the dark
I know you're tired of being lonely
Stuck on the shoreline feeling lost
Oh won't you be my one and only
I'll pay the ransom, pay the cost

We were too young when we left home
We were too young when we left home
We were too young when we left home
We were young

You took a book of matches
From that bar window
Oh maybe we were meant to be
More than we were meant to know