If skin should touch

And words evaporate

Trouble clear outta sight

With my whole body listenin'

My heart leans out

Like these old river trees

Closer to be where you glide

Movin' under me, glistenin'.

If 8 were 9

I would hold you

Yeah I would rock you

I would shelter you darlin'

If 8 were 9

I would lift you

Lift you clear off the ground

Through the gates into morning.

That time would stretch

Stretch out these magic hours

Into days into years

Tomorrow lost in the distance

A voice speaks out

Says "hey man, let it go"

But when a heart has been true

Well it don't make any difference.

If 8 were 9

Yeah I would hold you

Yeah I would rock you

I would shelter you darlin'

If 8 were 9

I would lift you

Lift you clear off the ground

Through the gates into morning.

If 8 were 9

If 8 were 9

If 8 were 9

Through the gates into morning, yeah...

Yeah...

Through the gates into morning.