Power of two
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tekst & muziek: Emily Saliers
origineel door: The Indigo Girls (1994)

op repertoire Choosy Beggar - tour 1996
& To Others To One - tour 1999
niet verschenen op lp/cd/single
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Now the parking lot is empty everyone's gone someplace
I pick you up and in the trunk i've packed 
a cooler and a two-day suitcase 
'Cause there's a place we like to drive way out in the country 
five miles out of the city limit we're singing 
and your hand's upon my knee 

So we're okay we're fine 
baby i'm here to stop your crying 
Chase all the ghosts from your head 
I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed 
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart 
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart 
Adding up the total of a love that's true 
Multiply life by the power of two 

You know the things that I am afraid of i'm not afraid to tell 
and if we ever leave a legacy 
it's that we loved each other well
'Cause i've seen the shadows of so many people
trying on the treasures of youth 
But a road that fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash 
and i'm glad we got off to tell you the truth 

'Cause we're okay we're fine 
baby i'm here to stop your crying 
Chase all the ghosts from your head 
I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed 
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart 
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart 
Adding up the total of a love that's true 
Multiply life by the power of two 

All the shiny little trinkets of temptation (make new friends) 
something new instead of something old (but keep the old) 
All you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface (but remember what is gold) 
and it's fools gold (what is gold) 
fools gold (what is gold) fools gold 

Now we're talking about a difficult thing and your eyes are getting wet
I took us for better and i took us for worse 
don't you ever forget 
Now the steel bars between me and a promise 
suddenly bend with ease 
and the closer i'm bound in love to you the closer i am to free 

So we're okay we're fine baby i'm here to stop your crying 
Chase all the ghosts from your head 
Im stronger than the monster beneath your bed
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart 
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart 
Adding up the total of a love that's true 
Multiply life by the power of two