David Bryan

Hey God, I'm just a little man got a wife and family
But I almost lost the house, yeah I bought into the dream
We're barely holding on when I'm in way too deep
We're two paychecks away from living out on the streets

She's a workin' single mom, like a saint she don't complain
She never says a word, but she thinks that she's to blame
Her son just got convicted, he blew some punk away
She did her best to raise him, but the world got in the way

Chorus:
Hey God - tell me what the hell is going on
Seems like all the good shit's gone
It keeps on getting harder hanging on
Hey God, there's nights you know I want to scream
These days you're even harder to believe
I know how busy you must be, but Hey God....
Do you ever think about me

Born into the ghetto in 1991, just a happy child
Playing beneath the summer sun
A vacant lot's his playground, by 12 he's got a gun
The odds are bet against him, junior don't make 21

Chorus

I'd get down on my knees, I'm going to try this thing your way
Seen a dying man too proud to beg spit on his own grave
Was he too gone to save?
Did you even know his name?
Are you the one to blame, I got something to say

Outside this world keeps turnin' 'round
London Bridge keeps burnin' down
but it'll be all right, oooh

No one hears our silent screams
In this land of broken dreams
but it'll be all right, when she comes

It'll be all right, when she comes
It'll all be tight, when she comes

And when I lie she still believes
She don't ask why, she's there for me
When it get's hard, she's all I need to get by

I hear her voice in a thousand places
I try so hard, still I can't escape it
She's the one, when she comes, yeah

And if the sky come fallin' down,
I never ever even hear a sound
It's true, she's as great a red
as blue skies are blue

Everything's all right, when she comes
Everything's all tight, when she comes

And when I lie she still believes
She don't ask why, she's there for me
When it gets hard, she's all I really need

Everything's all right, when she comes
It'll all be tight, when she comes
When she comes
It's all right, It's all right, when she comes
It's all right, It's all right, when she comes
It's all right, It's all right, It's all right, when she comes
It's all right, It's all right, It's all right, when she comes

So now it's over let the spot light fade
I hear the music slowly fade away
And now I find it hard to say good-bye
So I'll just say good night my friends

The end (we'll be together)
The end (we'll live forever)
We'll all be together in the end
The end (although it's over)
The end (It's never over )
We'll all be together in the end

If every moment is a memory
A faded photograph of days gone by
Can I take a little piece of you with me
For when I leave this all behind

The end (we'll be together)
The end (we'll live forever)
We'll all be together in the end
The end (although it's over)
The end (It's never over )
We'll all be together in the end

Come on, Come on, Come on, Darling lay you head down...
Come on, Come on, Come on, little Darling, help me baby,
'Cause I can't see the lights...

I'm getting tired so I close my eyes
I need to look at you just one more time
And though it's over, it's never over
Until I see you again

The end (we'll be together)
The end (we'll live forever)
We'll all be together in the end
The end (although it's over)
The end (It's never over)
We'll all be together in the end

The end (we'll be together)
The end (we'll live forever)
We'll all be together in the end
The end (although it's over)
The end (It's never over)
We'll all be together in the end

I was walking around, just a face in the crowd
Trying to keep myself out of the rain
Saw a vagabond king wear a styrofoam crown
Wondered if I might end up the same
There's a man out on the corner
Singing old songs about change
Everybody got their cross to bare, these days

She came looking for some shelter with a suitcase full of dreams
To a motel room on the boulevard
I guess she's trying to be James Dean
She's seen all the disciples and all the "wanna be's"
No one wants to be themselves these days
Still there's nothing to hold on to but these days

These days - the stars seem out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
There ain't nobody left but us these days

Jimmy shoes busted both his legs, trying to learn to fly
From a second story window, he just jumped and closed his eyes
His momma said he was crazy - he said, "Momma, I've got to try.
Don't you know that all my heroes died?
And I guess I'd rather die than fade away."

These days - the stars seem out of reach
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts in this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
And there ain't nobody left but us these days

I know Rome's still burning
Though the times have changed
This world keeps turning round and round and round and round
These days

These days - the stars seem out of reach
But these days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, love don't last in this graceless age
Even innocence has caught the midnight train
And there ain't nobody left but us these days

These days - the stars seem out of reach
These days - there ain't a ladder on the streets
These days are fast, nothing lasts
There ain't no time to waste
There ain't nobody left to take the blame
There ain't nobody left but us these days