CIRCLE DANCE © Bonnie Raitt
duet with Vanessa Carlton

I don't know why it should be so hard
Givin' up this circle dance...
Worn out steps from long ago...
It don't give love a chance
It's a bitter heirloom handed down
These twisted parts we play
I'm not her and you're not him
It just turned out that way

Can't go back to make things right...
Though I...wish I'd understood
Time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could

I'll be home soon, that's what you'd say
And a little kid believes
And after a while I learned that love
Must be a thing that leaves
I tried so hard just to hold you near
Was as good as I could be
And even when I had you here
You stayed so far from me...

Can't go back to make things right...
Though I...wish I understood
Time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could

Now that this has occurred to me
Well I wanted you to know
I've been too faithful all my life
It's time to let you go...
Can't go back to make things right...
Though I...wish I'd understood
Time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could
And it's time to let you go...
It's time...to let you...go...