I can tell by the way you're walking,

you don't want company

I'll let you alone and I'll let you walk on and
In your own good time you'll be

Back where the sun can find you,

under the wise wishing tree

And with all of them made well lie
under the shade and call it a jubilee

And I can tell by the way youre talking,

that the past isn't letting you go

There's only so long you can take it all on,
And then the wrong's gotta be on its own

And when youre ready to leave it behind you,
Youll look back and all that you'll see

Is the wreckage and rust that you left
in the dust on your way to the jubilee

And I can tell by the way you're listening,

That youre still expecting to hear

Your name being called like a summons
to all who have failed to account
For their doubts and their fears,
They can't add up to to much without you

And so if it were up to me

I'd take hold of your hand
Saying come hear the band
play your song at the jubilee

And I can tell by the way you're searching,

For something you can't even name

That you haven't been able to come to the table,
Simply glad that you came

When you feel like this try to imagine

that were all like frail boats on the sea

Just scanning the night for
that great guiding light announcing the jubilee

And I can tell by the way
you're standing with your eyes filling with tears

That its habit alone that keeps you turning for home,
even though your home is right here

Where the people who love you are gathered,

under the wise wishing tree

May we all be considered
then straight on delivered down to the jubilee

Because to people who love you are waiting,
And they'll wait just as long as need be

When we look back and say those were halcyon days
Were talking about jubilee