[Verse 1] [F] We live where the creek bends low [F] By the road where the cattails grow [F] One white cup, two worn chairs [F] Bread in a cloth, your boots by the stairs [F] You split the wood, I cut the pear [F] We laugh at the cold in the morning air [F] Nothing much, and nothing missed [F] Just your hand when my fingers twist [Pre-Chorus] [F] I used to want the whole wide world [F] Then you came close, girl by girl [F] And I saw it plain in the kitchen steam [F] My heart likes truth, not a pretty dream [Chorus] [F1] Keep me in the simple life [F2] Keep me in the simple life [F1] Your name on my tongue at night [F2] Your name on my tongue at night [F1] No gold, no glittering sky [F2] Just your arms and I’m all right [F1] Keep me in the simple life [F2] Keep me in the simple life [Verse 2] [F] We mend our clothes with careful thread [F] Leave the window cracked by the bed [F] You hum low while the supper burns [F] I touch your wrist when the world turns [F] Your laugh is a lantern in the hall [F] Soft but it fills the whole house wall to wall [F] If love is a fire, let it stay [F] In a little pan on a winter day [Pre-Chorus] [F] I don’t need silk or Sunday shine [F] Just your shadow crossing mine [F] And the small brave beat of an ordinary door [F] Opening to us, asking for more [Chorus] [F1] Keep me in the simple life [F2] Keep me in the simple life [F1] Your name on my tongue at night [F2] Your name on my tongue at night [F1] No gold, no glittering sky [F2] Just your arms and I’m all right [F1] Keep me in the simple life [F2] Keep me in the simple life [Bridge] [F] If the river rises, we’ll hold the bank [F] If the fence falls down, we’ll nail the plank [F] I have known hard roads, I have known rain [F] But your love makes a room out of pain [Final Chorus] [F1] Keep me in the simple life [F2] Keep me in the simple life [F1] Your name on my tongue at night [F2] Your name on my tongue at night [F1] No gold, no glittering sky [F2] Just your arms and I’m all right [F1] Keep me in the simple life [F2] Keep me in the simple life