Summer came and left without a warning All at once I looked and you were gone And now you're looking back at me Searching for a way that we can be like
Memories of you and me Tumble inside my head The way that we used to be Things that we said No one has ever made me believe so strong You left me to
My mother came to Hazard when I was just seven Even then the folks in town said with prejudiced eyes That boy's not right ... Three years ago when I came
Ohh ohh... When the visions around you, Bring tears to your eyes And all that surround you, Are secrets and lies I'll be your strength, I'll give
Whenever I'm weary From the battles that raged in my head You made sense of madness When my sanity hangs by a thread I lose my way, but still you
My life is one big smile As I cross off the things on my list The splendor goes on for miles I don't know what could be left to wish I'm just living
Once again I bare myself before you Beggin' for a chance we never had You don?t want all I have to offer And its too late for me to take it back Look
Baby, I?m tryin? to make some sense Of all we should?ve learned from experience We win, we lose, we conquer and we fail One part serious, do or die Another
Who can say for certain Maybe you're still here I feel you all around me Your memories so clear Deep in the stillness I can hear you speak You're
Another sleepless night I can't explain Somebody said they heard me call your name The radio won't let you leave my mind I know it's over but I don't
Oceans apart day after day And I slowly go insane I hear your voice on the line But it doesn't stop the pain If I see you next to never How can
Well look at me, the guy who's got it all Tryin' to read my own writing on the wall Not happy 'til the sadness comes To keep me company Oh, but what becomes
So many years gone Still I remember How did I ever let my heart believe In one who never gave enough to me And so many years gone And love that was so
Locked up tight but holdin' the key Clock keeps tickin' like it's laughin' at me I wonder What spell I'm under Days go by in a pulseless haze Who's that
There's been no sunlight Since the day you said goodbye Since the moment that my life Turned into a masquerade I can't even pretend to Paste a smile
Elusive happiness Can be like promises That rest so gently on our pillow We stood out on the ledge And leaned over the edge And nearly fell right through
I've been trying to open the door To the secret of my destiny And every new road I think is the one Seems to lead right back to me I've looked for a
This is what I should have said If I'd've been a man about it You might be in my arms by now Nothing ventured, nothing gained As I contemplate the losing
