I said I love you and that's forever And this I promise from the heart I couldn't love you any better I love you just the way you are

Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I'm taking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line I'm in a New York state of mind

Life it gets louder now Can't stop it Won't slow down Lost in this All I can do Is keep my eyes on you

A tiny screen's the only place I see you now And I got nothing but well wishes for ya

Didn't I swear there would be no complications? Didn't you want someone who's seen it all before? Now that you're here, it's not the same situation Suddenly, I don't remember the rules anymore

Distill a whole year down into a day Act like we all start over with a pristine slate But to get yourself a new life you've got to give the other one away And I'm starting to believe in the power of a name Cause it can't be a mistake if I just call it change

You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first

I laughed as I said it This is my situation It's not pictures or privilege It's just self preservation I don't want you to feel any obligation It would be so funny to be free

I should tell you that you were my first love.

I guess it had to happen someday soon- wasn't nothing to hold them down. They would rise from among us like a big balloon, take the sky, forsake the ground. Oh, yes, other hearts were broken, yeah, other dreams ran dry but our golden ones sail on, sail on to another land beneath another sky.

So we went rolling on down through the years Taking time off we could steal Until the thief of things unreconciled Stuck it's stick into the wheel Now we're tumbling in a freefall No one's gonna go unscathed But it's not because you held back and its not how I behaved

Darling, if I'm honest You've been on my mind, on my mind all day. And lately, if I'm honest I can't bring myself to think no other way.

Hearts can travel through closed doors They can wander empty halls If you let your heart go free It'll always come back full home

You dry your tears Don't be thinking grey is here to stay Sometimes everything is in the way You're wanting to look at it Turn your view around Dry your eyes Eyes like yours should carry a smile I haven't seen them sparkle in a while Give it one more try Dry your eyes

Cause if you're ever believing I'm thinking of leaving Look to the moon 'Cause it's a fact She may go wandering about But she always comes shining back And it's true I'll wait for you

Come into my world I've got to show, show, show you Come into my bed I've got to know, know, know you

Hey, when was the last time you laughed and did you mean it when you did? I'm just wonderin' There's sorrow in your voice, it's abounding It's astounding how you live so close to your cure

I never know what to do with my love I never know what to do with my hands So I put them behind my back I put them behind my back Behind my back

I won't go as a passenger, no Waiting for the road to be laid Though I may be going down, I'm taking flame over burning out

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere