Over the Rhine "All My Favorite People" Lyrics

Knocked out by the new OTR record.  As usual.

Worth buying for songs like this:

ALL MY FAVORITE PEOPLE
(Linford Detweiler)

All my favorite people are broken
Believe me
My heart should know


Some prayers are better left unspoken
I just wanna hold you
And let the rest go


All my friends are part saint and part sinner
We lean on each other
Try to rise above


We’re not afraid to admit we’re all still beginners
We’re all late bloomers
When it comes to love


All my favorite people are broken
Believe me
My heart should know

Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers
Step forward
You can stay right here
You don’t have to go


Is each wound you’ve received
Just a burdensome gift?
It gets so hard to lift
Yourself up off the ground


But the poet says, We must praise the
mutilated world
We’re all workin’ the graveyard shift
You might as well sing along


All my favorite people are broken
Believe me
My heart should know


(As for) your tender heart—
This world’s gonna rip it wide open
It ain’t gonna be pretty
But you’re not alone


‘Cause all my favorite people are broken
Believe me
My heart should know


Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers
You’re welcome
Yeah, you’re safe right here
You don’t have to go


‘Cause all my favorite people are broken
Believe me
I should know


Some prayers are better left unspoken
I just wanna hold you
And let the rest go

 

http://overtherhine.com/