Can’t really say it’s been a good year
I know I’ll see better days
Some things that shouldn’t have been going on around here
Have been going on anyways
I was face down in a pool of my own self-pity
Gotta pick myself up and get out of this city
Gotta leave before I hurt someone
There’s a place somewhere I’m gonna find
Where I can feel safe and leave it all behind
Gonna get away and have myself a little fun
‘Cause you can knock me down, run me over
Back up and run me down again
You ain’t the first – I’ve been treated worse
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
Well, you can leave me cold – I’ll recover
Say nasty things about my mother
Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
But guess who’ll be smilin’ in the end?
Playin’ in bands since I was a kid
Always part of the brotherhood
But a lonely, only child
Only barely understood
I was told I’d never make it so many times before
The best and the brightest had shown me the door
But the more they tried to hold me back, the stronger I got
They said my songs were too simple, my voice was too weak
Said I was too young, too dumb, too much of a freak
They thought they could write me off
But there’s somethin’ they forgot
‘Cause you can knock me down, run me over
Back up and run me down again
You ain’t the first – I’ve been treated worse
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
Well, you can leave me cold – I’ll recover
Say nasty things about my mother
Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
But guess who’ll be smilin’ in the end?
I won’t say I ain’t had my share of good luck
Good luck is fine, it just ain’t enough
‘Cause you can knock me down, run me over
Back up and run me down again
You ain’t the first – I’ve been treated worse
Guess I oughta be more careful choosing my friends
Well, you can leave me cold – I’ll recover
Say nasty things about my mother
Well, you can beat me, mistreat me
But guess who’ll be smilin’ in the end?
I need love like water
I need truth to soak me to the bone
I need my friends all around me now
‘Cause I’l not doin’ real well when I’m alone
See, my best friend, or at least I thought she was
Has found herself a new friend back at home
I’m drifting here on what’s left of my heart
And my spirit is floatin’ like a stonoe
Now, my faith is an illusion
My dreams, some passing ship
I’m reaching out for answers, but I’m losing my grip
So tell me, are you gonna go the distance
Step into the cold, hard rain
Are you gonna keep fightin’ through and come back again
I’ll forgive your trespasses
Ask your mercy for my own
I’ve gone as far as I can go
Now it’s up to you to find your own way home
I need time, but there’s no time
My emotions have dipped into the red
And this vision that I just can’t wash away
Is tearin’ in my head
And I believe in redemption
There’s hope for every soul
But I can’t wait forever for a miracle
So tell me, are you gonna go the distance
Step into the cold, hard rain
Are you gonna keep fightin’ through and come back again
I’ll forgive your trespasses
Ask your mercy for my own
I’ve gone as far as I can go
Now it’s up to you to find your own way home
Some days I feel like letting go – I’ve held on for so long
Do I need to walk away to see how it feels when I’m gone
So tell me, are you gonna go the distance
Step into the cold, hard rain
Are you gonna keep fightin’ through and come back again
I’ll forgive your trespasses
Ask your mercy for my own
I’ve gone as far as I can go
Now it’s up to you to find your own way home
So close to given up
Never before been so broken
Can I hold on long enough
Are there words yet left unspoken
Can I rise above the burning sea
Or am I human after all
Maybe I’m just higher than a man should be
Maybe I needed to fall
I needed to fall and come back stronger
I needed to crawl to find my way
And I pray we can look back on it all
Knowing that I needed to fall in love with you
So tired of living up
To an image laid upon me
Can I ever be enough
It all seems so far beyond me
And I take this weight upon my shoulders
While I appear to stand so tall
Thinking I can carry the world forever
Maybe I needed to fall
I needed to fall and come back stronger
I needed to crawl to find my way
And I pray we can look back on it all
Knowing that I needed to fall in love with you
There is just so much a man can bear
Until he starts to find it hard to care
And baby, I’m almost there
I needed to fall and come back stronger
I needed to crawl to find my way
And I pray we can look back on it all
Knowing that I needed to fall in love with you
I’ve been thinkin’ too much, I’ve been drinkin’ too much
And thinkin’ and drinkin’ for me is a dangerous combination
And I’m lonely as hell with a story to tell
I’m talkin’ to myself and that’s a dangerous conversation
Baby, you could save me tonight
You could make everything alright
You’re lookin’ better by the minute
I’m tryin’ to keep from falling in it
But you may be just a little too much temptation
If we’re gonna turn back, better turn back now
I’d say no, but I don’t know how
Girl, I really should be leaving
But that’s another conversation
Baby, you and me tonight is a dangerous combination
I’ve been trying so hard, feel like crying so hard
Baby, I may die trying to find a taste of sweet salvation
But it all looks so clear through these glasses of beer
And in your eyes, I’ve stumbled upon a double shot of inspiration
A rock and a hard place, I’m in between
Come on, baby, and set me free
But you may be just a little too much temptation
If we’re gonna turn back, better turn back now
I’d say no, but I don’t know how
Girl, I really should be leaving
But that’s another conversation
Baby, you and me tonight is a dangerous combination
I am lost on the road of love
Twisted and tossed, so many lines have been crossed
I’m on my way, but for today
I’m just lost on the road of love
Gotta keep my eyes on the road of love
Everybody tries, everybody lies
So tell me true, baby where are you
Are you lost on the road of love
Oh, not a sign in sight
And I can’t find my way by candlelight
Gotta keep moving, hold on tight
And the road of love just might bring me home tonight
Does it ever end, this road of love
Just around the bend, another future ex-friend
So hop inside and take a little ride
We’ll get lost on this road of love
There is no easy way to say goodbye
I’ve prayed this day would never come
It’s best if I just walk away
Better if I run
Wish I could stay here on our secret island
Don’t want to leave you in this place, but in
[Chorus:]
Another lifetime, a different world
We could be together, you could be my girl
Right beside me around every turn
In another lifetime
A different world
I swear I never meant to break your heart
Or ever cause you any pain
Now you’re telling me you can’t go on
You can’t last another day
Where do I go with all this mixed emotion
I just want to fly away to
[Chorus]
We’ll move along through our separate lives
It’s gonna take some time, but we’ll be alright in
[Chorus 2x]
In another lifetime
In another lifetime
A different world
Don’t you wish we could run away baby
Find ourselves a little space
Just you and me and a sunny day, hey, hey
In some secret hiding place
Spread a blanket by the riverside
Lay back and dream
Throw our clothes in a big pile
Wash each other down in a cool stream
Don’t you wish we could run away baby
We don’t have to go too far
We don’t need any air tickets darlin’
Let’s just hop inside my car
Check into a no tell motel
Have them hold our calls
Get as crazy as we can in an hour
Shake the pictures off of those thin walls
Oh, now I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining
Oh, I’m just looking for some blue skies
It’s been raining so long
Oh, now I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining
Oh, I’m just looking for some blue skies
It’s been raining
Don’t you wish we could run away baby
Find ourselves a little space
Just you and me and a sunny day, hey, hey
In some secret hiding place
Don’t you wish we could run away
Don’t you wish we could run away
Don’t you wish we could run away baby
Don’t you wish we could run away
Run away, run away, hey, hey, hey
I can’t fight this feeling any longer
And yet I’m still afraid to let it flow
What started out as friendship, has grown stronger
I only wish I had the strength to let it show
I tell myself that I can’t hold out forever
I said there is no reason for my fear
Cause I feel so secure when we’re together
You give my life direction
You make everything so clear
And even as I wander
I’m keeping you in sight
You’re a candle in the window
On a cold, dark winter’s night
And I’m getting closer than I ever thought I might
And I can’t fight this feeling anymore
I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for
It’s time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever
Cause I can’t fight this feeling anymore
I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for
And if I have to crawl upon the floor
Come crashing through your door
Baby, I can’t fight this feeling anymore
My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you
I’ve been running round in circles in my mind
And it always seems that I’m following you, girl
Cause you take me to the places that alone I’d never find
And even as I wander I’m keeping you in sight
You’re a candle in the window on a cold, dark winter’s night
And I’m getting closer than I ever thought I might
And I can’t fight this feeling anymore
I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for
It’s time to bring this ship into the shore
And throw away the oars, forever
Cause I can’t fight this feeling anymore
I’ve forgotten what I started fighting for
And if I have to crawl upon the floor
Come crashing through your door
Baby, I can’t fight this feeling anymore.
From the beginning,
When time began
Every good woman needs a lovin’ man
Someone to hold her,
Take good care of her
Remove the weight of the world from her shoulders
‘Cause when you’re happy baby, I’m so glad
And when you’ve got the blues, I’m so sad
I’ll do my best to make you feel better
We’ll make it through this crazy world together
Yes I was born to love you?
With all of my heart and soul
Yes I was born to love you
I’ll give you all I’ve got and then I’ll give you more
‘Cause I was born to love you baby
Love, it’s so complicated
It makes you weak, it makes you strong
No doubt about it, just got to shout it
Something so right, well you know it can’t be wrong
Yes I was born to love you?
With all of my heart and all of my soul
Yes I was born to love you
I’ll give you all I’ve got and then I’ll give you more
Don’t stop, don’t stop now
I’m in too deep and I don’t want to come out
There’s no way in the world that I can be wrong
This time
My heart has been broken in so many ways
I can’t bring back those days
Now it’s you, please be true
Yes I was born to love you
Oh I was born to love you?
With all of my heart and soul
Yes I was born to love you
I’ll give you all I’ve got and then I’ll give you more
Yes I was born to love you?
All night do everything, every night my life
Yes I was born to love you
I was born to love you baby
I was born to love you baby
No doubt about it, just got to shout it
I was born to love you baby
We’ll make it through this crazy world together
I was born to love you
Every night, every day
I was born to love you
Let my love find you
If it takes all night
We can sleep tomorrow
In the warm sunlight.
There’s a new day coming
In a future bright
Let my love find you
It will be all right.
Let my love find you
It will be alright.
May your spirit guide you
May it brightly burn
For the truth inside you
May you always yearn
May I walk beside you
As we live and learn
May your spirit guide you
Everywhere you turn.
May your spirit guide you
Everywhere you turn.
Oh baby, this is a dream
I have for us tonight
Baby, this is a prayer
I will say before I sleep
Hoping it will keep us together,
forever.