Such a drag to want something sometime
One thing leads to another I know
Was a time wanted you for mine
Nobody knew
You arrived like a day
And passed like a cloud
I made a wish, I said it out loud
Out loud in a crowd
Everybody heard
twas the talk of the town

Its not my place to know what you feel
Id like to know but why should i?
Who were you then, who are you now?
Common labourer by night, by day highbrow
Back in my room I wonder, then i
Sit on the bed, look at the sky
Up in the sky
Clouds rearrange
Like the talk of the town

Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
Maybe tomorrow, maybe someday
Youve changed your place in this world
Youve changed your place in this world

Oh but its hard to live by the rules
I never could and still never do
The rules and such never bothered you
You call the shots and they follow
I watch you still from a distance then go
Back to my room, you never know
I want you, I want you but now
Whos the talk of the town?

Make up your mind and I’ll make up mine
Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine
Those words that you said to me, why wasn’t I listening?
I wish I hadn’t met you at all, I started thinking
I’ll sit back and relax and wait for the morning

We’ll wake up, we’ll make up and do this for the last time
We’ll wake up, we’ll make up and do this for the last time
If we break up, we’ll wind up losing both of our minds
So wake up, let’s make up and do this for the last time

Make up your mind and I’ll make up mine
Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine
The last time you yelled at me I swore that I heard you say
I wish I hadn’t met you at all, I started thinking
I’l sit back and relax and wait for the morning

We’ll wake up, we’ll make up and do this for the last time
We’ll wake up, we’ll make up and do this for the last time
If we break up, we’ll wind up losing both of our minds
So wake up, let’s make up and do this for the last time

When will we make up, will we break up?
Let’s wake up, let’s wake up, let’s wake up

Make up your mind and I’ll make up mine
Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine
Those words that you said to me, why wasn’t I listening?
I wish I hadn’t met you at all, I started thinking

We’ll wake up, we’ll make up and do this for the last time
We’ll wake up, we’ll make up and do this for the last time
If we break up, we’ll wind up losing both of our minds
So wake up, let’s make up and do this for the last time
Let’s wake up, let’s make up and do this
for the last time
If we break up, we’ll wind up losing both of our minds
Let’s wake up, let’s make up

Just another night
And I’m all alone
I wonder where you are
Who you’re holding

And I’m wasting time
By the telephone
It gets harder when there’s no way of knowing

I always thought we’d be together someday
There was nothing that could keep me away
Coulda worked it out somehow
But it’s over now
Thought you’d be comin’ ’round
But it’s over now

When I close my eyes
I can see your face
There was still so much to discover
All the time we shared
Can’t be erased
No you’re in the arms of another

I always thought we’d be together someday
There was nothing that could keep me away
Coulda worked it out somehow
But it’s over now
Thought you’d be comin’ ’round
But it’s over now

If you broke my heart
I can’t let it show
I can take the pain
I can’t let you go
Some people change
I guess it had to be
Even though you’re gone now
You still mean so much to me

Just another day
I’m still holdin’ on
No matter how I try
I can’t shake this feeling
Yeah I’m sitting here
Like nothing’s wrong
I’m still lookin’ for someone to believe in

I always thought we’d be together someday
There was nothing that could keep me away
Coulda worked it out somehow
But it’s over now

You oughta go north somebody told us
‘Cause the air is filled with gold dust
And fortune falls like snow flakes in your hands
Now I don’t recall who said it
But we’d lived so long on credit
And so we headed out to find our promised land
Just poor Appalachian farm folk
With nothing more than high hopes
We hitched our station wagon to a star
But our dreams all fell in on us
‘Cause there was no land of promise
And it’s a stuggle keepin’ sight of who you are

Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern heart is weary
I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I’ll keep leanin’ on sweet Jesus
I know He’ll love and guide and lead us
Appalachian memories keep me strong

Ya know I’ve been thinkin’ a whole lot lately
About what’s been and what awaits me
It takes all I’ve got to give what life demands
You go insane if you give in to it
Life’s a mill and I’ve been through it
I’m just thankful I’m creative with my hands

Oh and these northern nights are dreary
And my southern eyes are teary
Don’t I wonder how the old folks are back home
But I’ll keep leanin’ on my Jesus
I know he’ll love and guide and lead us
Appalachian memories keep me strong

I’ll keep lookin’ to the Father
Keep our heads above the water
Appalachian memories keep me strong

And if I have to go, will you remember me?
Will you find someone else, while I’m away?
There’s nothing for me, in this world full of strangers
It’s all someone else’s idea
I don’t belong here, and you can’t go with me
You’ll only slow me down

Until I send for you, don’t wear your hair that way
If you cannot be true, I’ll understand
Tell all the others, you’ll hold in your arms
That I said I’d come back for you
I’ll leave my jacket to keep you warm
That’s all that I can do

And if I have to go, will you remember me?
Will you find someone else, while I’m away?

I walk along a thin line darling
Dark shadows follow me
Here’s where life’s dream lies disillusioned
The edge of reality

Oh I can hear strange voices echo
Laughing with mockery
The border line of doom I’m facing
The edge of reality

On the edge of reality she sits there tormenting me
The girl with the nameless face
On the edge of reality where she overpowers me
With fears that I can’t explain
She drove me to the point of madness
The brink of misery
If she’s not real then I’m condemned to
The edge of reality

On the edge of reality she sits there tormenting me
The girl with the nameless face
On the edge of reality where she overpowers me
With fears that I can’t explain
She drove me to the point of madness
The brink of misery
If she’s not real then I’m condemned to
The edge of reality

Reality, reality, reality, reality,
Reality, reality, reality, reality

When your baby up and leaves you
Up and leaves you flat
Don’t you laugh my friend sometimes it happens just like that
First you feel the anger then the sorrow will soon take control
And there’ll be hard times for sure
Long cold lonely nights

It might not sound like much
But it’ll mean a lot you’ll see
Every hour you survive will come to be
A little victory
Little victory

As you struggle through each day
Each strange new day
Feelin’ lost and wounded tryin’ hard to find your way
No one there to talk it out with
Learnin’ how to sleep alone
Overcomin’ each new doubt
Tryin’ hard just to accept it all

Everytime you keep control when you’re cut off at the knees
Everytime you take a punch and still stand at ease
Little victories
Little victories

And when night falls and there’s no one around
The cruelest time of all and not one sound
Listenin’ to the wind blow
Listenin’ to the tickin’ of the clock
Tryin’ hard to forget
Tryin’ hard to just accept it all

As you step out in the night take a lesson from the trees
Watch the way they learn to bend with each breeze
Little victories
Everytime you make it through
It’s another little victory
Day by day minute by minute
Little victories

It doesn’t pay to try,
All the smart boys know why,
It doesn’t mean i didn’t try,
I just never know why.
Feel so cold and all alone,
Cause baby, you’re not at home.
And when i’m home
Big deal, i’m still alone.

Feel so restless, i am,
Beat my head against a pole
Try to knock some sense,
Down in my bones.
And even though they don’t show,
The scars aren’t so old
And when they go,
They let you know

You can’t put your arms around a memory
You can’t put your arms around a memory
You can’t put your arms around a memory
Don’t try, don’t try

You’re just a bastard kid,
And you got no name
Cause you’re living with me,
We’re one and the same

And even though they dont show,
They scars aren’t so old
And when they go,
They let you know

You can’t put your arms around a memory
You can’t put your arms around a memory
You can’t put your arms around a memory
Don’t try, don’t try

You can’t put your arms around a memory
You can’t put your arms around a memory
You can’t put your arms around a memory
Don’t try, don’t try

t’s amazing, we go through changes,
When times get crazy, it’s up and down, it’s hot and cold.

These complications, just keep on coming,
There ain’t not running, when it comes to life that’s how it goes.

Round and round we go,
Sometimes it feels like, we’re on a roller coaster ride.
Baby don’t you know, it could eat you up,
If you try to keep it all inside.

Seems like hard times come easy, we do a lot of hanging on these days,
But the heart frinds a reason, and love always seems to find a way.
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts us baby.

There’s gonna be thunder, there’s gonna be rain,
There’s gonna be times, we both get caught up in the pain.
The realization, keeps sinking in,
The way you made it, is learn to take it on the chin.

Round and round we go,
It’s just another day, with trouble knocking at your door.

Baby don’t you know, we can work it out,
‘Cause we always seem to find a cure.

Seems like hard times come easy, we do a lot of hanging on these days,
But the heart finds a reason, and love always seems to find a way.
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts you baby,
Even if it hurts, even if it hurts you baby.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Round and round we go,
Sometimes it feels like, we’re on a roller coaster ride.
Baby don’t you know, we’ll keep holding on,
Through the changes that we feel inside.
Seems like hard times comes easy , (hard times come easy)
Do a lot of hanging on these days.
But the heart finds a reason, (heart finds a reason)
And love always seems to find a way.
Hard times,
Hard times come easy babe.
Talking’ ’bout hard times,
They come easy baby.

It seems so hard to stay so positive
I know how it feels
It just takes time something’s gotta give
Don’t let the negative
Steal the blue out of the sky
Don’t leave it all behind

This is life this is it
It’s not everything you want
It’s everything you get believe it
It’s not worth leaving
Yea this is life once again
It’s been knocking at your door
You ought to let it in
Don’t waste it it’s time you faced it

It seems like years
Since you’ve known happiness
So down so long
So calm your fears
And you’ll get out of it
Just hang on

So this is life this is it
It’s not everything you want
It’s everything you get believe it
It’s not worth leaving
Yea this is life once again
It’s been knocking at your door
You ought to let it in
Don’t waste it it’s time you faced it

Why do you cry?
Why do you cry?
Steal the blue out of the sky
Don’t leave it all behind

This is life once again
It’s been knockin at you door
Don’t waste it it’s time you faced it
This is life this is it
It’s not everything you want
It’s everything you get believing
It’s not worth leaving
Yea this is life once again
It’s been knocking at your door
You ought to let it in don’t waste it
It’s time you faced it
This is life
This is life
Don’t let it pass you by, pass you by
It’s time you faced it
It’s time you turned around and faced it