We're all victims of the system Still we love to place the blame We're running out of choices And there's no rules to the game, oh yeah I'm getting tired
Born and raised in the windy city I moved west to kick start a dream What I found was a town without pity It will chew you up and swallow you clean, yeah
Got a house full of fortune and they pay me in gold For something I'd do for free But there's still something missing that a man can't hold It's like
I know you have reservations And you're just along for the ride But I see a slight hesitation What are you trying to hide Don't be afraid to bare
Heartbeat pounding so hard It keeps me wide awake at night I wait alone in the dark for you To make the moment right If I could only show you all that
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
Victim of temptation cannot make it go away See it and you want it, baby, never hear a word I say You know I don't want nothing I don't deserve Oh no,
Well they told me not to come around you anymore Said I should find something to do And it filled me with an anger that I can't ignore But I'm sure it
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
Looks like history's repeating, I don't learn from my mistakes I can't feel the water rising, a wave will always break I wanna take you back, back to
Born at the end of a Minnesota freeze Eldest child of Willy and Louise His little sister died at the age of four The family posed, led by Louise Like
The tree you planted is still holding on Leaves are turning Like nothing's wrong, oh, what freedom To only need the rain Been without since May, ninety
With another day, another life slips away And floats above the crowd You can only stay ahead of time When time co-operates instead of heading south.
Nothing I must do, nowhere I should be No one in my life to answer to but me No more candlelights, no more purple skies No one to be near as my heart
How long is it s'posed to take Which song got the answer straight I thought, I sang 'em all What face am I gonna make Which leg to, I have to break To
Memories of you and me Tumble inside my head Way that we used to be Things that we said No one has ever Made me believe so strong You left me to wonder
I was never alive Till the day I was blessed with you When I hold you late at night I know what I was put here to do I turn off the world And listen
I'm nearing the end or the beginning Whichever one finds me And I'm counting the tears and the blessings That I'll leave behind me I could not ask for