The Door Was Always Open | Joe Pug

🎵 The Door Was Always Open | Joe Pug 🎵 - Length: 0:3:14

The Door Was Always Open - Written by Joe Pug Recorded Live November 9, 2023 Live from Norfolk Street is an on-going concert series recorded live at McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston, Texas. Our live-streamed concert series is listener supported. For access to our catalog of full length shows, extras, encores, and interviews, become a contributing member at: https://livefromnorfolkstreet.com/ Lyrics: After all the windows on the ground floor had been broken After all the undemanding officers had spoken After all the trouble, after all of the commotion I walked right through The door was always open When I was seventeen I set out on the ocean Searching for Columbus or wherever he was going Then twenty thousand miles came down to just a moment I sailed right through The door was always open I climbed the western wall without anybody knowing I held the guardsman captive with a pistol I had stolen But he just poured a cup of coffee and said Son, now here’s a notion The next time you drop by The door was always open I waited for the sun But it was already dawn, it was already dawn Breaking fast all along And I waited for her song But she was already gone, she was already gone Breaking fast all along So it seems I’ve spent a lifetime arrested and beholden Standing on the threshold, absolutely frozen Waiting on some god above to tell me I was chosen Instead I spoke myself The door was always open credits