Pray For Rain

sometimes i ask myself why even bother
it goes in one ear, right out the other
out on a limb, out on the edge, no matter what they say
the pleasure of pain, day after day, dat after day
love kills, it hurts me to see you this way
love kills, it kills me to treat you this way
each day we rise with the sun in our room
needles and pills lead us right to our doom, right to our doom
looking like the tail end of a hurricane
death warmed over, the rear end of destruction, rear end of destruction
pock marks and scars adorn your face
it used to be pretty but it's just getting ugly because you're getting caught up in a losing race.
you're drowning in a sea of drugs they pull out the carpet,
look at everything you've taken what have you done?
the distance grows, you're fading away
disturbed since birth, no way to control you
you took a vow to love me forever
never say you're sorry cuz i did it my way, i did it my way

Walking out of England thinking you were king taking on this world
On that bus that goes through Mexico a killer love finds a sweet Mexican girl
But in Mississippi we rushed into the room
Down in Dixie you were crying for dope
Down in Alabama they like home cooked fare yeah
So we're gonna strap you to the fryin' chair yeah

chorus:
But I don't know what love is
Is there something else giving me the chills?
But if my hands are the color of blood
Then, Baby, I can tell ya sure I can tell ya
Love kills
Kills
Love kills
Kills

Do you wanna hear all the sirens of the city drown the arguing?
We're on riker's island on a population board
They don't care about your fame

repeat chorus

On the Rio Grande they'll tie you to a tree
Ooh-oh-ohh x2
And you can't call the lawyers 'cause the whorehouse is asleep
Ohh-oh-ohh x2
You people will get weak
Ohh-oh-ohh x2
They'll throw you in a cell where you can barely breathe
Ohh-oh-ohh x2

Repeat chorus

And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full
I've traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets, I've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes, there were times
I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now, as tears subside
I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
"Oh, no, oh no, not me, I did it my way"

For what is a man?
What has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels

The record shows I took the blows
And did it my way
Yes, it was my way