Darkness falls and she will take me by the hand Take me to some twilight land Where all but love is grey Where I can't find my way Without her as my guide
Everyone you know's been through it You bite the bullet, then you chew it Tie a knot at the end of your rope Buy a book to help you cope But no consolation
Only you and no one else Can keep me crawling back You know I can't help myself And now I'm crawling back After all you've done to me The times you've
I go out with the crowd I play the game Pretending out loud But it don't seem the same For the heart of the crowd Is gone from sight My part of the crowd
Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue Wrap your presents to your darling from you Pretty pencils to write I love you Pretty paper, pretty ribbons of blue
We never walk, we never talk We never find the time to be close again There it goes again Communication breakdown Communication breakdown Too much
Just running scared, each place we go So afraid that he might show Yeah, running scared, what would I do If he came back and wanted you Just running
Two wheels a'turning One girl a'yearning Big motor burning the road I'll ride the highway I'm going my way I'll leave a story untold Pretty girls
Walk on, if we should meet Walk on, on down the street Walk on, and don't even look Walk on, close up the book We don't want the world to see us like
Pretty woman, walking down the street Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet Pretty woman, I don't believe you You're not the truth No one could look
A candy-colored clown they call the sandman Tiptoes to my room every night And just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper Go to sleep, everything is all
The summer sun looked down On our love long ago But in my heart I feel The same old afterglow A love so beautiful in every way A love so beautiful, we
I sat there alone upon the ferris wheel A pastel colored carriage in the air I thought you'd leave me dangling for a little while A silly twist upon a
old feeling again Roy: Loving you feeling Emmylou: It?s really got me reeling again Roy: Loving you Emmylou: Only seems to stop to start all over again with you Roy
I had to escape, the city was sticky and cruel Maybe I should have called you first But I was dying to get to you I was dreaming while I drove The
You?re gone again this morning How long will you keep running on and on Can?t you see the warning I need you more than ever Before you?re gone forever
It?s a long and lonely highway When you?re traveling all alone I was on my way to nowhere But now I?m coming home I?m coming home I?ve been running
My time has come the clouds are calling December wind has came my way And now I feel the world falling All at once, it?s too late Life fades away The