All My Favorite People - Over the Rhine

All my favorite people are broken

Believe me

My heart should know

Some prayers are better left unspoken

I just wanna hold you

And let the rest go

All my friends are part saint and part sinner

We lean on each other

Try to rise above

We’re not afraid to admit we’re all still beginners

We’re all late bloomers

When it comes to love

All my favorite people are broken

Believe me

My heart should know

Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers

Step forward

You can stay right here

You don’t have to go

Is each wound you’ve received

Just a burdensome gift?

It gets so hard to lift

Yourself up off the ground

But the poet says, We must praise the mutilated world

We’re all workin' the graveyard shift

You might as well sing along

All my favorite people are broken

Believe me

My heart should know

(As for) your tender heart—

This world’s gonna rip it wide open

It ain’t gonna be pretty

But you’re not alone

'Cause all my favorite people are broken

Believe me

My heart should know

Orphaned believers, skeptical dreamers

You’re welcome

Yeah, you’re safe right here

You don’t have to go

'Cause all my favorite people are broken

Believe me

I should know

Some things are better left unspoken

I just wanna hold you

And let the rest go