She won't let me buy her jewelry She don't want things that she can keep She wears wildflowers in her hair Then throws them in the sea She's the beginning and the end of me She's a mystery My most beautiful regret I will never understand her She's a mystery The only promise I can...
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Dressed up for a big date Like Halloween day but it was Fourth of July, now A car crash with a suitcase and a painted face She was one of a kind She wears a plastic crown like Cinderella And roller skates in bed He rides the greyhound from his hometown When he comes around,...
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I never went to college I don't have a degree Let's say I went to night school I learned all I know on the streets I wasn't born a rich man I ain't got no pedigree The sweat on this old collar That's my Ph.D. It comes down to this I wouldn't exist Without you...
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There are days when she's a whisper Nights when she's a scream A reason to wake up in the morning To close your eyes and dream She'll curse you like a sailor She'll wound you with her eyes She always makes it better But she won't apologize I know everything about her but don't know...
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Hey, man, it's been a while Do you remember me? When I hit the streets I was 17 A little wild, a little green I've been up and down and in between After all these years and miles of memories I'm still chasing dreams But I ain't looking over my shoulder I like the bed...
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Time ain't nothing but time It's a verse with no rhyme Man, it all comes down to you Change ain't nothing but change Just the faces and the names But you know we're gonna make it through I'll believe When you don't believe in anything I'm gonna hold you 'til your hurt is gone Be...
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I couldn't sleep Took a walk down Second Avenue Sick of dreaming dreams that never come true One way street and I know where its leading to There's a "For Sale" sign on the front door of the city hall The subway line got graffiti crawling off the wall I could take a hit but...
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It's hard for me to say the things I wanna say sometimes There's no one here but you and me And that broken old street light Lock the doors We'll leave the world outside All I've got to give to you Are these five words tonight Thank you for loving me For being my eyes...
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I just can't believe, it was all a lie No man in the moon, just a big light in the sky I hear Disneyland might lose Mickey Mouse In some giant hostile corporate shake-up Tell me, it's a nightmare, please wake me up Say it isn't so I found a book of matches, some place...
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This ain't a song for the broken-hearted No silent prayer for the faith-departed I ain't gonna be just a face in the crowd You're gonna hear my voice When I shout it out loud It's my life It's now or never I ain't gonna live forever I just wanna live while I'm alive (It's my...
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