I heard a shot last night, it woke me up from my sleep. There's no such thing as friendly fire. Oh mama, don't turn on the lights, Oh papa, get away from the window, You never know which way the angel's comin in.
CHORUS And the water's gonna roll. Roll up the dirty streets, And the wind's gonna blow out the lights. Rock the world to sleep, I don't wanna be left behind, And get caught between the lines drawn across this town Runnin' out of neutral ground.
Somebody's waitin' for my brother, To them he's just another number. To me he never did no wrong, My sister, don't be pulled in. Don't make the same mistake again, There's just no way to even up this score.
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BRIDGE: I can't be no judge, I can't be no jury. I don't even know what's right or wrong. I stand between the walls, These walls are bigger than life, Seems like they'll never get enough.
Why don't we give it a try Everybody's waiting to see If I'm calling you Or if you're calling me It's the same, oh why can't they see
At night I look at the stars And chart a course out for Mars I could take you there Or you could take me here It's a game, oh why can't they see
Chorus: Let's make the great escape And get out of this place Straight to outer space Where we can be alone, yeah
I look myself in the eye And ask myself why I could tak you here And you could take me there It's the same, oh why can't they see
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Let's make the great escape And get out of this place Let's make the great escape And get on out of this place Straight to outer space Where we can be alone Straight to outer space Where we can have a home
Why you tell me not to leave You tell me not to cry And love is just another word That keeps me here tonight And tears are just another tool A weapon when we fight
What have we done here And what is the cost Of all these feelings And love that we've lost
Chorus: And it's you That keeps me here tonight Yeah it's you That leads me to the light
Words we've siad them all before Got nothin' left to say And truth is something we both know Is something we left far away
What have we done here And what is the cost Of all these feelings And love that we've lost
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Give me something I can feel Something we both know is real And make me believe
Don't ya know you confuse me Everytime you walk away And I feel like you just use me 'Cause you know I'm gonna stay
Where ya lead I just follow Anywhere I come to you
Chorus: Like a dog on a chain When you call out my name I come runnin' to you You give me somethin' sweet And I'll lay right at your feet I come runnin' to you Runnin' to you
Everytime you deny me I still want you anyway And then you look right by me You don't hear a word I say
Where ya lead I just follow Anywhere I come to you
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Darlin' if you only knew What you mean to me You would never be so mean to me
Where ya lead I just follow Anywhere I come to you
Sugar cane blows in the breeze Brings back those memories Of fireflies and the Fourth Of July With you
And maybe it's not the time And maybe it's not the place Sweet days turn into nights With you
Chorus: Tonight When the stars are in your eyes And your dreams become your life Maybe someday somewhere I will find you And take you for a ride To the other side The other side
At sundown we look to the sky Holdin' hands as the rockets fly high These are the pirates of my days With you
And lately I can't recall Where the summer slept and gave Tot he fall All these memories that I shared With you
Do you feel me When I lay awake at night I'm feeling you
Do you see me When I close my eyes I'm seeing you
Do you hear me When I dream at night And try to tell you That I need someone A connection To try and live again
Chorus: I keep waiting Straight through the night I keep waiting For things to turn out right I keep waiting Living in a dream And I'm somehow stuck here In between
Every night's the same I tell myself to slip away In my mind I wait To see your face I breathe your name
Do you hear me When I dream at night And try to tell you THat I need someone A connection To try and live again
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Do you hear me When I scream at night And try to tell you
I keep waiting Straight through the night Try to tell you Things just ain't right I keep waiting Living in a dream And I'm somehow stuck here In between
Nothin's changin' but the shadows on the wall I wish I could leave myself at the end of the hall Always pushin' pushin' away what I need the most Well here I go again but this time we got so close
Chorus I was reckless reckless I was reckless to the end I was foolish and careless And reckless once again
It looks like I really led myself astray And even I don't believe half the things I say Always runnin' and I still don't know were I am I just can't afford to let you slip right thru my hands
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All the right words remain unspoken Another promise made Another promise broken
Now when the night falls, I won't be there, to cast a shadow on your wall. Why do we act this way, somehow the light of day, makes our troubles seem so small.
We live & die like this, I dare you to fight for it.
CHORUS: In a perfect world. Wouldn't be too late to make it right. In a perfect world. I'd be holding you so very tight. Ahh ah, In our perfect world tonight.
If you lay down your shield, I won't hurt you. Just let me show you how I feel. Down deep inside my heart, you know you left your mark. No one can say that it's not real.
We live & die like this. I dare you to fight for it this time.
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BRIDGE: The wheel keeps turnin' and we're burnin' in the flames. It's not wrong to hold on to love, And let go of the pain.
This fading light must be playing a trick on me. How did you walk across the room & change the world I see. I lost my breath, lost my sight, And the room began to sway. I look at you, oh. You leave me nothing to say.
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Ain't no rhyme, ain't no reason. It's just a mystery. Ain't no rhyme, ain't no reason. For what you do to me.
This kind of thing was not supposed to happen to me, All the walls I built up came apart so easily. Some kind of spell that I can't shake. Got a hold on me, Now I don't know if I ever want to be free.
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Oh I'm falling into the mist, And I'm face to face with a life of emptiness. Oh I want to run. But I can't move, Don't want to give in, But there's nothing I can do. I lay awake & try to sort out what is true, I close my eyes. But all I see is you. I'm like a ghost. I'm like a shadow, And I can't go home, You shake the ground. Hey. That I'm standing on.
I can still feel your teeth marks in my neck, Your footprints on my back. And the gris gris you sprinkled in my bed, Is starting to make me crack. I can still hear your twang ringin' in my ear, Your perfume I still smell. You brought it way down below the Mason-Dixon line, Like your mother, you're a southern bell.
CHORUS I said Release Me. But please don't let me know. Release Me, But please don't let me go.
1st Bridge All my blood's still boiling. Like a snake, you come coiling, Ready to strike!
2nd Bridge All my blood's still boiling. Like a snake, you come coiling. When the night comes down I get a big black fear, Like the clouds hanging up above. I don't want you to possess me but that's how it is, I ain't nothin' but your slave of love.
Time to pay the rent baby, gotta try and work harder. Really goin' nowhere fast, you're not goin' much farther. Gotta take a break baby, try and make my load lighter. I'm missin' somethin' that I need, never been much of a fighter. Well maybe I made, a few mistakes. But baby you know, they were mine to make.
CHORUS I know the game, but I don't want to play it. I know the word, but I don't want to say it. I've got the bill, but I don't want to pay it. I know the game, but I ain't gonna play it this time.
You watch me like a hawk, baby, I know somethin's gotta give. Listen to the way you talk, baby, this ain't no way to live. Everything I don't have, well it all belongs to you. I'm doin the best that I can, baby what you want me to do.
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BRIDGE: The old ways are dead & gone, And the door is open wide. Anything can happen now. You can see me, Standin' on a thin line.
I don't wanna see you ever sad everything I've got you can have When it's all too much You need some human touch To see it's really not so bad
Did you call on every saint you know But still you feel like you're on your own Can you see through your tears I will always be here You're not out there oh baby all alone Hold on Till you feel a little stronger Hold on to me Yeah now I said Hold on Everything's gonna be all right Just hold on to me tonight Anything that hurts you hurts me too I'm not gonna let your world turn blue Will you take my hand And feel how close I am There ain't nothing I won't do for you Hold on Till you feel a little stronger Hold on to me Yeah now I said Hold on Everything's gonna be all right Just hold on to me tonight I know the world can drive you to your knees But when you need to cry baby Cry to me yeah
Hold on Till you feel a little stronger Hold on to me Yeah now I said Hold on Everything's gonna be all right Just hold on to me tonight Just hold on to me tonight
Would have sold my soul for you Would have lived my whole life through for you Oh blood sweat and tears for you But you're running away from me
(And) Why do you keep telling me I'm not the one I used to be Let me tell you why
Chorus: Why I'm still calling Why I'm still falling Why you keep running Running away from me
How many times do I need to say The same thing a different way Everything I ever do's for you (But you're) Running away from me
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Why do you keep telling me I'm not the one I used to be Let me tell you why
Tell me everything's gonna be alright but I just can't spend the night because You don't feel You don't feel You don't feel You don't feel the same way I do
