[Intro]

  
  


[Verse 1]

One and one-ha

lf wandering J

ews
        
Free to wander

 wherever they

 choose
    
Are   travelli

ng together
       
In the   Sangr

e de Cristo
    
The   Blood of

 Christ Mounta

ins
   
Of New Mexico

    
On   the   las

            
t leg of the j

 
ourney
              
They started a

             
 long time ago
              
The arc of a l

      
ove affair
              
Rainbows in th

  
e high desert 

air

[Chorus 1]
             
Mountain passe

              
s slipping int

    
o stones
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es

[Interlude]


[Verse 2]

Thinking back 

to the season 

before
        
Looking back t

hrough the cra

cks in the doo

r
      
Two people wer

e married
    
The   act was 

outrageous
     
The   bride wa

s contagious
    
She burned lik

e a bride

     
These e -  ven

           
ts may have ha

        
d some effect
              
On the man wit

          
h the girl by 

           
his side
              
The arc of a l


ove affair
              
His hands roll

    
ing down her h

air

[Chorus 2]
             
Love like ligh

              
tning shaking 

        
till it moans
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es

[Bridge]

And  whoa whoa

 whoa she said

,
N.C.
"Why? Why don't we drive through the night
              
We'll wake up 

        
down in   Mexi

co?

     
Oh I, I don't 

know nothin' a

bout nothin' a

bout
   
No   Mexico
             
And tell me wh

   
y, why won't y

ou love me for

 who I am,
             
Where I am?"

              
He said, "Caus

    
e that's not t

he way the wor

ld is baby

This is how I 

love you, baby

This is how I 

love you, baby

"

[Interlude]


[Verse 3]

One and one-ha

lf wandering J

ews
   
Return to thei

r natural coas

ts
      
To resume old 

acquaintances

     Step out 

occasionally
              
And speculate 

              
who had been d

 
amaged the mos

t

     
Ea - sy    tim

           
e will determi

        
ne if these co

nsolations
          
Will be their 

         
reward
             
The arc of a l


ove affair
              
Waiting to be 


restored

[Chorus 3]
             
You take two b

              
odies and you 

              
twirl them int

   
o one
              
Their hearts a

         
nd their bones
              
And they won't

       
 come undone
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es
           
Hearts and bon

es

[Outro]