nanci griffith - these days in an open book lyrics

(nanci griffith)
shut it down and call this road a day
and put this silence in my heart in a better place
i have traveled with your ghost now so many years
that i see you in the shadows
in hotel rooms and headlights
you're coming up beside me
whether it's day or night

[chorus:]
these days my life is an open book
missing pages i cannot seem to find
these days your face
in my memory
is in a folded hand of grace against these times

no one's ever come between your memory and me
i have driven this weary vessel here alone
will you still find me if i leave you here beside this road
cuz' i need someone who can touch me
who'll put no one above me
someone who needs me
like the air he breathes

[chorus]

[bridge:]
i can't remember where this toll road goes
maybe it's fort worth, maybe it's a heart of gold
the price of love is such a heavy toll
that i've lived my life in the backroads
with your love in my pocket
if i spend the love you gave me
tell me where will it go?

[chorus]

these days your face
in my memory
is in a folded hand of grace
folded hand of grace
folded hand of grace
against these times