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LYRICS

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There was dust in the wind and some straight cool gin

All the horses ran ran ran beside you

There was truth in a friend an new suit's on the men

All the choices planned planned to guide you

And so we are

So we'll be

As so we were

Just you and me

I know that whiskey and wine numb my scared insides

Yes I run run run trying to break free

It's a beat up town by the holy church was torn down

I know that corner bar ain't never ever gonna save me

And so we are

So we'll be

As so we were

Just you and me

I'll beg to own a soul to take

Something better than me that's gold and brave

Yes the wheels made kind of those thoughts

In my mind as we rolled rolled rolled off to China

Anywhere but here yes I screamed so clear

As we pulled pulled back into the diner

And so we are

So we'll be

As so we were

Just you and me

I'll fantasize about being new

About being free and looking good to you

I'll beg to own a soul to take

Something better than me that's gold and brave

I got my wine and cigarettes

These 20 cents is all I got left

Don't bother me I'm trying to swim

I guess I'll lay around all day

Sit back and smile just fade away

A drunk yard dog is what I am

Break out the bottle of Jesus

Plug in the black light rosary

Somebody's waiting to save me

I know my neighbours wish I'd die

I'm much too loud when I get high

I think I'll send around some pie

I'll spike that dish with a touch of herb

I'll numb their lips and soothe their nerves

I'll build my kingdom on the curb

Break out the bottle of Jesus

Plug in the black light rosary

Somebody's waiting to save me

Be it rain or shine I'll get high like summertime

It's an All-Americana party time

Tell that landlord man I'll kick that bastard like a can

It's an All-Americana party time

I don't listen to rules or Gospel

They're just trying to shut me up

Call me the master of 'ole misfortune

A weasel a weaseling away

Dear Lord hold the sight

Oh Lord gonna set me free

Break out the bottle of Jesus

Plug in the black light rosary

Somebody's waiting to save me

Me and my dog really get along

She don't howl when I'm screaming my song

I cuss I drink I lie I spit

Guess I don't really give a shit

Broken and ugly yes I am

Still I feel good diving in

Mama I'm running again odelay

Down in Alabama where I'm wanted in jail

I'm a little nervous in the Bible belt

I'm broke I'm smoked out and passed out on the bar

The I took all the money and your grandma's car

Broken and ugly yes I am

Still I look good diving in

Mama I'm running again odelay

Do what ya do say what ya say

Don't waste no time on yesterdays

Cash in your ticket to ride

Don't let them talk you into walking

Into no one else's shoes

Don't be no sucker in line

Broken and ugly yes I am

Still I look good diving in

Mama I'm running again

Mama I'm running again

Mama I did it again odelay

Woke up alone again

Stumbling around this cold hotel room

Yeah I lost myself again

And my guitar is still out of tune

People tell me things like I will never get it

Tell me to give up tell me to forget it

Save yourself

Save yourself

It's just another crazy kind of day

I wouldn't want it any other way

It's gonna be like running to the sun and back again

I'm never giving up or giving in

'Cause I don't wanna survive I wanna live

Kiss me good

'Cause I don't know how long this one is gonna take

I could fail

But I'd rather be a fuck up than a fake

People tell me things like I will never get it

Tell me to give up tell me to forget it

Save yourself

Save yourself

It's just another crazy kind of day

I wouldn't want it any other way

It's gonna be like running to the sun and back again

I'm never giving up or giving in

'Cause I don't wanna survive I wanna live

Don't you let up

Keep your head up

Need to get up

No going back again

No going back again

No I'm not listening

So stop your preaching

And save yourself

Save yourself

It's all I ever wanted

Don't pass me over

I've got a ghost of my own

I'm moving out today

Yeah I'm finally going home

It's just another crazy kind of day

I wouldn't want it any other way

It's gonna be like running to the sun and back again

I'm never giving up or giving in

'Cause I don't wanna survive

It's just another crazy kind of day

I wouldn't want it any other way

It's gonna be like jumping on a ride that never ends

I'm never ever going back again

'Cause I don't wanna survive I wanna live

Go on and crash the car

Take the keys I won’t get far

Nowhere will do just fine

Here I am again beginning at another end

There’s no turning back this time

Don’t let me down

I need you now

To make it easy

Dying ain’t that hard

So in a little while

I’m gonna make it easy

The sweet sunshine won’t let me be

A good man wants to marry me

I burn my house to the ground

Wine and roses and a symphony

The best things in life are terrifying me

I break my heart every time

Don’t let me down

I need you now

To make it easy

Dying ain’t that hard

So in a little while

I’m gonna make it easy

Do you want the good news

Or the bad news

Do you want the good things

No you want everything

Keep your possessions

I’ve made my decisions

And it was easy

Easy

I’ve waited for this all my life

Do you want the good news

Or the bad news

Do you want the good things

No you want everything

Keep your possessions

I’ve made my decisions

And it was easy

Easy

Hello again my friend it's been sometime

I try and read you in your shifting eyes

Your hands are trembling as I hold them in mine

How ya living

You were the talker an I was the clown

We grew up wondering how we would get out

But you're still talking talking

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet forever

So now you're hustling for the five and dime

You cured the stranger and his perverted mind

You are the poet of need and lust how's the preaching

You painted destinations on the inside

And dreamed of revelations yearning to fly

But you're still walking and still talking

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet forever

Hold on Geany watch what ya say

Save your preaching for a rainier day

Hold on Geany I'm talking to you

You're so amazing in whatever you do

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet forever

Hold on Geany watch what ya say

Save your preaching for a rainier day

Hold on Geany I'm talking to you

You're so amazing in whatever you do

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet

You didn't take it to far

Still you know who you are

Grab your soul and hold on to forever

Forever

Together

Heaven don't want me

Heaven don't fool me

No one will understand

And it's all right

I'm feeling these changes

Everybody is strangers

No one will give a damn

And I guess that's life

You say you got a feeling

You figured out the writing on the wall

And angels on the ceiling

Don't come to you when you call

So you found your own religion

And search your heart for something more

Still naked in the kitchen

Trying to wipe yourself off of the floor

No I won't take you for granted

These broken arms can hold you

No I won't take you for granted

You say it don't matter

You're living loud and living long

And here the phony laughter

Echoing on and on

I'm hiding under water

I pray to God wash me away

Can't hear the child's wonder

My innocence got hushed along the way

Now you say now you say yeah
No I won't take you for granted

These broken arms can hold you

No I won't take you for granted

No I want leave you abandoned

This broken heart can love you still

No I won't take you for granted

And you don't say a word

Inside I know

And you don't say that it hurts

Tonight killed slowly

All the love in the world

Won't let you let go

Let you let go now
Alright

Hold on your soul will rise again

I know that it will

Hold on your soul will rise again

I said that it will

Hold on your soul will rise again

I know that it will now

Maybe heaven will want me

Maybe heaven won't fool me

Maybe someone will give a damn

And I'll have a life

You say you've got a feeling

I don't need to be anything other

Than a prison guard's son

I don't need to be anything other

Than a specialist's son

I don't have to be anyone other

Than the birth of two souls in one

Part of where I'm going

Is knowing where I'm coming from

I don't want to be anything other

Than what I've been trying to be lately

All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I gotta do

Or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than me

I'm surrounded by liars everywhere I turn

I'm surrounded by impostors everywhere I turn

I'm surrounded by identity crisis everywhere I turn

Am I the only one to notice

I can't be the only one who's learned

I don't want to be anything other

Than what I've been trying to be lately

All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I gotta do

Or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than me

Can I have everyone's attention please

If you're not like this and than

You're gonna have to leave

I came from the mountain

The crust of creation

My whole situation

Made from clay dust stone

And now I'm telling everybody

I don't want to be anything other

Than what I've been trying to be lately

All I have to do is think of me and I have peace of mind

I'm tired of looking 'round rooms

Wondering what I gotta do

Or who I'm supposed to be

I don't want to be anything other than me

I don't want to be

I don't want to be

I don't want to be

Ain't no words to say the way I feel

It's like a bad dream but it's real

It seems like only yesterday

We were talking in the most familiar way

Now everybody knows the way I am

They all see right through my show

I aimed so high now I'm so low

I'm all dressed up and I got nowhere to go

If God only knew how I loved that man

I would have died for you

I guess he'll never understand

I loved you right or wrong

It was you all along

Heaven knows that it's true

Hard as it's been

I'd do it all over again

Say goodbye to dreaming

It's only water in my hands

So when you see me walking down that street

Don't ignore me if I speak

'Cause I knew you better than anyone else

I loved you more than you could ever know yourself

If God only knew how I loved that man

I would have died for you

I guess he'll never understand

I loved you right or wrong

It was you all along

Heaven knows that it's true

Hard as it's been

I'd do it all over again

Close your eyes and I'll hold you here

It's all right if you're feeling scared

It's just the sound of your aching heart

You've hurt for so long inside the dark

Now you can cry for the world out there

Come inside and I'll kiss your tears

It's still the sound tearing you apart

Loving out loud with only half a heart

I'll stay with you

I'll stay with you

I won't leave you alone

I'll stay with you

Yes I want to make your pain my own

And if you need me all night

Or until I grow old

No you don't have to ask me to

I'm gonna take good care of you

Yes I'm gonna stay with you

I'll be right at your fingertips

Hold on tight and we'll get through this

If you can't remember what is good anymore

I will surrender and kick down heaven's door

I'll stay with you

I'll stay with you

I won't leave you alone

I'll stay with you

Yes I want to make your pain my own

And if you need me all night

Or until I grow old

No you don't have to ask me to

I'm gonna take good care of you

Yes I'm gonna stay with you

Wish me luck

Give me something

Help me out

And I'll go there

All I want is a brand new truck

One eyed Jacks and beginner's luck

The doctor's script for the perfect drug

Get it all while I can

But I got no money and I got no man

I drive around in a beat up van

I ride on coffee and Percodan

Get it all while I can

Is that too much to ask

Is that too much to ask

So people tell me to clean up my mess

Like I was sweet sixteen in a dirty dress

But I'm wiser now so I must confess

That I get it all while I can

Is that too much to ask

Is that too much to ask

Just make it real and make it last

Someday maybe I'll understand

This crazy old life is in my hands

Someday maybe I'll figure it out

Somebody help me

Anybody tell me

Wish me luck

Give me something

Help me out

And I'll go there

Wish me luck

Give me something

Just make it real and make it last

She hangs around the boulevard

She's a local girl with local scars

She got home late she got home late

She drank so hard the bottle ached

And she tried and she tried and she tried and she tried

But nothing's clear in a bar full of lies

So she takes and she takes she takes and she takes

She understands when she gives it away

She says man I gotta get outta this town

Man I gotta get outta this pain

Man I gotta get outta this town

Outta this town and out of L.A.

She's got a gun she's got a gun

She got a gun she calls the lucky one

She left a note right by the phone

Don't leave a message 'cause this ain't no home

And she cried and she cried and she cried and she cried

She cried so long her tears ran dry

She laughed and she laughed she laughed and she laughed 'cause she knew she was never coming back

She said man I'm gonna get outta this town

Man I'm gonna get outta this pain

Man I'm gonna get outta this town

Outta this town and out of L.A.

It's all she loves

It's all she hates

It's all too much for her to take

She can't be sure just where it ends

Or where the good life begins

So she took a train she took a train

To a little old town without a name

She met a man he took her in

But fed her all the same bullshit again

'Cause he lied and he lied and he lied and he lied

He lied like a salesman selling flies

So she screamed and she screamed and she screamed and she screamed

It's a different place but the same old thing

It's all I love

It's all I hate

It's all too much for me to take

I can't be sure where it begins

Or if the good life lies within

So she said

Man I gotta get out of this town

Yeah now I gotta get back on that train

Man I gotta get out of this town

I'm outta my pain

So I'm going back to L.A.

Hold me as long as you can stand it

Hold me as long because I need it

Hold me as long until we make it

Take your time

Take your time

Hold me as long until you're until you're better

Hold me as long I'll be your nature

Hold me as long we'll come together

Don't be shy

I'm inviting you

I'm inviting you

Lay your hands on me

Run as fast as you can

Run as fast as you can

Lay your hands on me

Hold me as long my body's shaking

Hold me as long I'm anticipating

Hold me as long your woman's waiting

Don't be shy

I'm inviting you

I'm inviting you

Lay your hands on me

Run as fast as you can

Run as fast as you can

Lay your hands on me

Hold me as long your all I've wanted

Hold me as long

I keep my head on straight

And my eyes wide open

I try to move forward

Wishing and hoping

I took a hold of myself

In the middle of November

Don't you look back now

Is all I can remember

I feel like I'm leaving

Like I'm leaving home

Like the clouds are parting

And I'm not alone

I'm learning to live living to learn

Starting to sing my song right or wrong

Breaking away setting me free

Free to be my own me

I'm learning to live

I got my vanity crisis

From my beautiful mother

I'm not gonna go there

I'm anything other

Take another deep breath now

It's just one more hurdle

I'm breaking this line

Before it comes full circle

I feel like I'm leaving

Like I'm leaving home

Like the clouds are parting

And I'' m not alone

I'm learning to live living to learn

Starting to sing my song right or wrong

Breaking away setting me free

Free to be my own me

I'm learning to live

I found a place where I can lay my shit down

Somewhere that I can finally be myself

Be myself

I'm learning to live living to learn

Starting to sing my song right or wrong

Breaking away setting me free

Free to be my own me

I'm learning to live

I've seen myself with a dirty face

I cut my luck with a dirty ace

I leave the light on

I leave the light on

Daddy ain't that bad he just plays rough

I ain't that scarred when I'm covered up

I leave the light on

Little girl hiding underneath the bed

Was it something I did must be something I said

I leave the light on

Better leave the light on

I wanna love I wanna live

I don't know much about it I never did

17 and I'm all messed up inside

I cut myself just to feel alive

I leave the light on

21 on the run on the run on the run from myself

From myself and everyone

I leave the light on

I leave the light on

Better leave the light on

Cause I wanna love I wanna live

I don't know much about it I never did

I don't know what to do

Can the damage be undone

I swore to God I'd never be what I've become

Lucky stars and fairytales

I'm gonna bathe myself in a wishing well

Pretty scars from cigarettes I never will forget

I never will forget

I'm still afraid to be alone

Wish that the moon would follow me home

I leave the light on

I ain't that bad I'm just messed up

I ain't that sad but I'm sad enough

Cause I wanna love I wanna live

I don't know much about it I never did

I don't know what to do

Can the damage be undone

I swore to God I'd never be what I've become

God bless the child with the dirty face

Who cuts her luck with a dirty ace

She leaves the light on

I leave that light on

She got a lover's soul

She got her radio

She got her memories

And her extremities

She's driving much too fast

She wants to make it last

She wrote a song for you

She calls it black and blue

Ain't no way to live a lifetime

Ain't no way to live at all

Ain't no way to live a lifetime

It just ain't no way to live at all

She's sick of being late

She knows she's second rate

She wonders if you'll stay

And love her anyway

She's crawling back again

It's such a bitter end

She knows she don't belong

She screams a children's song

Ain't no way to live a lifetime

Ain't no way to live at all

Ain't no way to live a lifetime

It just ain't no way to live at all

The sun don't shine my way

And the moon don't make me dance

If you're listening hear me pray

I'd give my hands for just a second chance

My plea is not in vain

She lost her lover's soul

She lost her radio

She got her memories

And her extremities

Just let that bad man go

She's sweating in the snow

No one to call her own

Don't call the truth ain't home

Ain't no way to live a lifetime

Ain't no way to live at all

Ain't no way to live a lifetime

It just ain't no way to live at all

All alone

All alone

I stole the outside running into the sun

I'm alive loud as a golden gun

I killed my pride so once again I'd see

Live and learn fallen one thousand times

I feel the burn there's fire from a crazy sky

I sealed concern so once again I'd be

It lifts you up it puts you down

Then it feeds you life then it lets you down

While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean

If I could ya know I'd stand on the rock

Where Jesus stood

Innocence and evil bad and good

Walking side by side

It lifts you up it puts you down

Then it feeds you life then it lets you down

While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean

We got a way of making up our minds

How could I run just leave it all behind

When it breaks me up inside still I refuse to hide

And it is just what it is and that's all right

It lifts you up it puts you down

Then it feeds you life then it lets you down

While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean

No more scars no more stones

No more words I can't take it no more

No more bullets no country hypocrisy

Can't take it no more

Your promises wash away like rain

And I'll be missing you

I'll be missing you

I don't want to fight no more

I'll be missing you

No more danger your angers

The stranger I can't take it no more

No more ruthless excuses they're useless

I can't take it no more

We're only children after all

But I'll be missing you

I'll be missing you

I don't want to fight no more

I don't want to fight

I'll be missing you

We're only children after all

I swear I saw you needing me

We're only children after

Children after

Children after all

No more scars no more stones

No more words I can't take it no more

No more ruthless excuses they're useless

I can't take it no more

And I'll be missing you

I'll be missing you

I don't want to fight no more

I'll be missing you

I'll be missing you

I dont want to fight no more

I don'' t want to fight

I'll be missing you

I'll be missing you

I'll be missing you

Oh God safe me for I am wicked and damned

Oh God show me a better way to the Promised Land

Cause I

I can't take it no

I can't shake it no

I can't break it no

Don't wanna eat it no more

I cannot hide it

I'm uninvited

I can't fake it no

I can't shake it

I can't take it

I can't shake shake shake shake

Shake that 'ol monkey off my back

Gimme my money back

Slip through your crack

Gimme my money back

Sit back

Oh God know me I'm just dirty footprints at your door

Oh God hold me from one more trip and liquor store

Cause I

I can't take it no

I can't shake it no

I can't break it no

Don't wanna eat it no more

I cannot hide it

I'm uninvited

I can't fake it no

I can't shake it

I can't take it

I can't shake shake shake shake

Shake that 'ol monkey off my back

Gimme my money back

Slip through your crack

Gimme my money back

Sit back

Gimme my money back

Slip through your crack and get back

I'm not praying for a miracle

Just a little peace of mind

And if what I do is all in vain

As I'm screaming going insane

Still I am not my name

God wouldn't save me

So now it's just me and my rotten friends

The drugs ain't working

No they're just jacking me off again

Lonelier tonight than a sinking stone

And I can hardly breath

I am drowning in the dark

Wrong is never right still I'm breaking bones

And every part of me

Hear the pounding of my heart

Mama I can hardly wait

To take a little chance on fate

Chew it up and spit it out

Finally see what love's about

I'm living loving laughing over you

Tossing turning trying over you

Kicking screaming crying over you

Wanting needing dying to get over you

Mama always said that you'll know better

When you do grow up

All that you got to do is breath

Take a little look inside yourself

And see what turns you on

And then you will finally see

Mama I can hardly wait

To take a little chance of fate

Kick it up into the sky

Finally see what love feels like

I'm living loving laughing over you

Tossing turning trying over you

Kicking screaming crying over you

Wanting needing dying to get over you

20 days and 20 nights

Just the silence and the neon lights

Hungry for the sight of you

Yes I'm starving in this empty room

Who is she what's her name

Yeah talk to me say something

I don't want my old records back

My Ozzy t-shirt or my Yankee's cap

All I wanted was to talk to you

Say something

Say something

I'm not fine I'm not oke

Cause I'm still the one you threw away

I'm not your tramp I'm not your friend

And there ain't no going back again

She don't love you like I do

Yeah what the hell is wrong with you

I don't want my old records back

My Ozzy t-shirt or my Yankee's cap

All I wanted was to talk to you

Say something

Say something

Keep the pictures of the happier days

I can't stand to watch them anyways

All I wanted was to talk to you

Say something

Say something

She ll never love you like I do

I just wanted to talk to you

I don't want my old records back

My Ozzy t-shirt or my Yankee's cap

All I wanted was to talk to you

Say something

Say something

Keep the pictures of the happier days

I can't stand to watch them anyways

All I wanted was to talk to you

Say something

Say something

Why do you carry a pocket of stone

Body and mind are tired from the load

Still searching for shelter in your own restless thoughts

Believing in anything still you are lost

I will be there

Just look over your shoulder baby

Longing to share a sky full of clover

Come to the grass where the orchids run wild

See how they're laughing a land full of smile

People in clover are holding up their hands

Praising the holy one the wiser of man

I will be there

Just look over your shoulder baby

Longing to share a sky full of clover

I'm not trying to make no contradiction

I'm not trying to make you go my way

I'm not trying to tell ya what I think ya need to know

I'm still trying to figure out my own

Said I'm gonna be there

I will be gonna be

I will be there

So now you say to me do I still have time

To live out these precious dreams that swell up my mind

Raise me then lay me down and humble my soul

Wash me in patience I'll be whiter than snow

I will be there

Just look over your shoulder baby

Longing to share

There's a sky full

A sky full

A sky full of clover

Childhood living is easy to do

The thing you wanted I bought them for you

Graceless lady you know who I am

You know I can't let you slide through my hands

Wild horses couldn't drag me away

Wild wild horses couldn't drag me away

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain

Now you decided to show me the same

No sweeping exits or offstage lines

Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind

Wild horses couldn't drag me away

Wild wild horses we'll ride them someday

I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie

Wild horses couldn't drag me away

Wild wild horses we'll ride them someday

Wild horses couldn't drag me away

Wild wild horses we'll ride them someday

Days 'n nights n' nights 'n days

In silent shades of lazy grays

I'll call your name

It's all the same

Sitting staring at the ceiling

Dripping painted pictures peeling

From my walls

The time just crawls

Was it yesterday I don't know

Was I dreaming or did I lose everything I believe in

If you could only see what I see

Every time you leave

Imagine a world with no sky

Imagine the ocean run dry

Imagine and you'll see the view

Of my world without you

Imagine no sun and no rain

Imagine that each day is the same

It doesn't matter what I do

In a world without you

Doers doing thinkers thinking

Lonely lover's lips are sinking in my tea

They're burning me

Wasted weeping someone speaking

In my head the bed is leaking tears again

And there's no end

Was it yesterday I don't know

Was I dreaming or did I lose everything I believe in

If you could only see what I see

Every time you leave

Imagine a world with no sky

Imagine the ocean run dry

Imagine and you'll see the view

Of my world without you

Imagine no sun and no rain

Imagine that each day is the same

It doesn't matter what I do

In a world without you