My mother once told me The thicker your skin The better off you'll be when this world brings you down Well it's trying to control me And leave me without
Along the street, in every store On your TV, under your door In your face, forever more, forever more In a quiet hiss, or a piercing scream When you?
Why must it always be stop and go? Where in this life can I find constant flow? Inconsistency on a larger scale Impersistence forcing me to bail out Look
When I get out of Aberdeen one of these days Trade in the truck and these fields of green for a ticket on the airways I've seen pictures in magazines
Dead end driving in the dark We dona??t know what were headed for Like lighters flicking off sparks Wea??ve been counting on a little more Dead end working
It's not your stature That tilts the scale It's not your know-how That whites me pale Haven't you noticed, I so often succumb Playing the novice, I just
If it wasn?t for closing the window You wouldn?t have heard the call And without so much as a hello You wouldn?t have known me at all If it wasn?t for
I pulled the move You?ve seen before So I know why You chose to ignore You know what I want You know I?m just bored Up near the top All over again Yet
Driving home along the Hudson, the water shivers in the night I look where you live, it draws me in but I don't want to fight Making plans for some future
I can make you move against your will Dona??t it make you sad to lose control? Every single thought of yours distracted Broken voices, I stunt your growth
I like how you get when I get out of line You say all the right things, I have no reply I like how you butt in And make me take a good look around Yea
I was sure That you were what I?d waited for you were the ultimate goal I wouldn?t be hungry anymore Had a toast With everyone to recognize Just how far
If the distance were cut in half And you could do simpler math If the angle were cut, Ia??d still appear obscure The closer you get to me The further
In a room draped in blue i am thinkin of you i am tired and i cant sleep and for you i will weep in a flash you are gone yet around me life is calm i
In films that you cana??t wait to see In clothes that you thought you had cleaned In dreams that youa??re soon gonna dream Ia??ll be there On records
It?s an instinct that will drive you crazy Likely make you wanna run And hold on at the same time It?s a lookout, over a valley of gold An emotion, that
At the midnight hour you can feel the minutes fade Licking wounds from yesterday, bracing for tomorrow's stage I create these monsters, seems like every
I met a man responsible For an unforgivable crime We were at a bar and he said to me Ia??m out, Ia??ve done my time But you know I will always be begging
