Wash away my sins Lord Cleanse me in the rain Let your holy thunder Take away my pain Let me cry some tears Lord Heal my sorry eyes Dark and dry as deserts Baking in the lies Calm me with your breeze Hold me in your arms I've fallen in a sin filled world And idolized it's charms Waiting for the rain to come down
My heart is prone to wander Lord Through a marketplace of greed Free my mind from worry And I'll follow if you lead I'm like a child on the inside God But guilty of the crime Your innocence remains in me When you strip away the grime Devils crawl around my house and Underneath my skin I'm ashamed that when sin knocked I chose, I chose to let it in
While I was waiting for the rain to come down Waiting for the love to light Waiting for the rain to come down and set me right I'm waiting for the rain to come down.
Along the way I fall behind I wonder everyday Am I still on your mind? I don't have a reason to go on if we're apart. I don't have the keys to open up your heart.
While I'm waiting on the rain to come down. Waiting for the love to start Waiting on the rain to come down and fill my heart I'm waiting on the rain to come down Waiting for the love to light Waiting for the rain to come down and set me right Waiting for the rain to come down
I've made you vows and promises And I've meant to follow through Do the things inside my heart That I, I have failed to do You're welcome in my life Lord Welcome in my home Welcome in my heart Lord But still I feel alone I'm in need of your direction In need of tenderness Shelf my pride forever God And get me through the test
While I'm waiting on the rain to come down Waiting for the love to rest Waiting on the rain to come down I'm doing my best I'm waiting on the rain to come down Waiting for the love to light Waiting on the rain to come down and set me right While I'm waiting for the rain to come down While I'm waiting on the rain to come down I'm waiting for the rain to come down
Well I've been out walking I don't do that much talking these days these days These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I had the chance to And I had a lover It's so hard to risk another these days these days Now if I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song Well it's just that I've been losing so long Well I'll keep on moving moving on Things are bound to be improving these days one of these days These days I sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten, my friend Don't confront me with my failures I had not forgotten them
Passed through main street yesterday And, oh, this town just ain't the same Looked in the window and it was gone All those tables I'd written on
We're vanished as if I had never been there Like the poets and prophets who can't find the words so they stare And all that made sense has somehow turned askew I missed my chance with you
There were seconds then minutes then years that I could not breathe In the Pere Lachaise with the hammer the chisel and the stone Now I've bartered and begged for what I believed And I saw that the name engraved was my own
Now there's nothing so peaceful as when I met you And there's nothing so lonely as when it was through And the words, "I'm not here anymore", echo into "I missed my chance with you"
Had love play so many tricks on me I've always felt cheated that you'd make me leave Like taking my sight after letting me see But I found out love had something up it's sleeve
Leave me scattered like leaves by winds that never blew When I captured the starts In the palm of my hand it was true I'd just give them back to you
I was seventeen, but just for one year I always knew one day, I'd end up here And the sands have now fallen to the evening of my afternoon I'm was always so ready to stay and always leaving too soon
And I don't want to think about it now, but I do And my spirit is restless 'Cause I know it's true I missed my chance with you
I don’t think you know how much time I spend As I wait on my own contemplating ends I am torn in the middle of a world that won’t let loose I hang here before you, though invisible the noose. I love you if you drink; I love you if you smoke I love you for the words you stuck inside my throat. I love you for the sin, and the way you turned away And I’ll heal you in the darkness And I’ll hold you to the day. All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me? All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me? And I walk up those steps Where we used to go at night And my fingers trace the stairwell And I am back in time I just need your warmth to lay with me and find All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me? All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me? There are days that I go driving, Dad, When the memory gets too strong So I can go on living to the beauty of our song I fall in to your rhythm, your beauty I do fly I rush into your melody, I linger till I die All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me? All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me? And I’ve been here with the pain Since the very first day I’ve been swearing in my rage “Oh Holy Day!” I sit around, you’re salvation waits I’m just getting nervous, babe, As I anticipate All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me? All you are now is only just a dream Can you fall down in following me?
I was born, and I was made By the hands of marmalade I've got legends in my blood I've got Indians in my veins
And in the year of '44 Grandpaw went away to war He went to Hitler's house and kicked in the door There began the way I was made
And in the year of '47 That Rewey girl came down from Heaven In '48 a bride and groom In love on thier honeymoon
And they weren't doin' nothin' wrong But it's how my mother came along And here I am with words and song Singin' 'bout the way I was made
Whoa, it feels so good To have your blood in my veins Whoa, it feels so good To have your blood in my veins
My dad, he was a country kid He loved to smoke and hunt and fish Mom, she was a city babe A pretty little girl who never ate
They met at school with broken hearts And healed each-other from the start Man and woman play your part Now we're closer to the way, I was made
Whoa, it feels so good To have your blood in my veins Whoa, it feels so good To have your blood in my veins, yeah
Legend says our family tree Grows black and white and Indian leaves And if the history books are right None of us are really white In fact, I think that means That everybody's blood is just the same
Whoa, it feels so good To have your blood in my veins Whoa, it feels so good To have your blood in my veins
Well, I ran into some trouble And headed out toward Liberty Line I heard voices going in my head "You could be livin' more than you could be dyin'"
I remember when we fell in love You were the one I thought I'd never meet I taste your words on the tip of my tongue They were soft and they were sweet
But we ran into some trouble We knew our love was slowly dyin' And when we said the words that ended us I headed out toward Liberty Line
The night was some kind of quiet I could almost here myself think I felt my heart was like a heavy flood I'm gonna float or I'm gonna sink
I was thinking we could settle down Start a family and start a life I was only two days short of asking you If you would be my wife
But we ran into some trouble We met that enemy that we call time Threw my guitar in the back of my car And headed out toward Liberty Line
I didn't know what would be waiting there I didn't know what I would find But I knew I had to make it, make it to Liberty Line
They say you can't see the forest When you're there among the trees They say it takes a separation To find some kind of clarity
But I feel I'm gonna make it To the line where freedom waits And then this lonely prisoner Can cross the border to a better state
Now, I'm on my last stretch of road And I don't know what I'm gonna find Maybe the sheriff will be waiting there And stop me short of Liberty Line
Off in the distance I'm coming closer with every breath I see a woman staring back at me I stop the car, she comes up on my left
She said, "I didn't know if you would make it See, I got this enemy that I call time But I was wondering could I hitch a ride By the way my name is Liberty Line"
I didn't know what would be waiting there I didn't know what I would find But I knew I had to make it, make it to Liberty Line
Baby, stay with me You know I will never give up Sometimes when the rains fall down I wait there until it is done Patiently I wait for thee, prayers for me ain’t enough So many waterways leading out Why’d we give it up?
And your boat goes by, down to the waterfall. And the time goes by, like trees on the riverbanks. And your time rushing by, down to the waterfall, I hear your call, I know you’d sound amazed if you’d
Hold on to your love. It might not be coming back. Hold on to your love. It might not be coming back.
Baby, I didn’t mean to come Have I interrupted your fun? Maybe, if I could have known I would have waited until it was done Impatiently, I wait for thee, “pray for me” ain’t enough So many waterways leading out Why’d we give it up?
And your boat goes by, down to the waterfall. And the time goes by, like trees on the riverbanks. And your time rushing by, down to the waterfall, I hear you call, I know you’d sound amazed if you’d
Hold on to your love, It might not be coming back Hold on to your love, It might not be coming back.
Wipe off your tears. Pick up your feet. Cause you got miles and miles and miles and miles to go yet. If anyone makes you feel, you’ve been waiting too long. Oh, I’ve been waiting for you, I been waiting for you.
If you hold on to your love, it might not be coming back. Hold on to your love, it might not be coming back.
It happens on the beach When I'm drunk again and I don't want to be It happens on the beach When I'm drunk again and I don't want to be You're the morning after we The morning after you and I give in to our sin
And I'll stay with you my love Until I waste away Yes, I'll stay with you my love Until I waste away
Waste another day Waste another day with me my love Waste another day Waste another day with me my love 'Cause when I caught your glance Well, I saw something in you that I longed to heal
And I'll stay with you my love Until I waste away Yes, I'll stay with you my love Until I waste away
Battles on the gray Her words are falling out like endless rain on the sea Battles on the gray Her words are falling out like endless rain on the sea It happens on the beach When I'm drunk again and I don't want to be
But I'll stay with you my love Until I waste away Yes, I'll stay with you my love Until I waste away, away
Dressing my voice up on the phone Underneath the envy rotting my bones I'd do anything to get you alone, if just for awhile
Blame it on the way that I talk You can blame it on the way that I look You can blame it on the stuff that I drank And the pills that I took
Tell me a lie, if it's true Have you done all the things I never wanted you to?
Baby is he all that you dreamed? I think about you every night when I go to sleep You're laying there wrapped up in his arms How we used to be
And are you seriously falling in love? Or do you do it just to get back at me? I deserve to take it I guess, I just wish we could be
Tell me a lie, if it's true Have you done all the things I never wanted to do?
I know you hate it when I play you my songs There ain't a one of 'em when you weren't involved I bet you wish I'd take the issue at hand and just get it solved
Trippin' myself up on my words Writin' checks that I couldn't cash I rip 'em up and throw 'em away Dig 'em out of the trash
You won't believe me if I promise again Tellin' you that I can change I'd scream it at the top of my lungs But it's out of my range
Tell me a lie if it's true Have you done all the things I never wanted you to? Tell me a lie, it's true Have you done all the things I never wanted you to?
Well I was just a-thinkin' we could work it out Maybe get around to take the trip down south But she had had enough
So I stormed out of the bedroom to the mornin' light I was missing Cincinnati so I booked me a flight Yeah I had had enough
Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes
But I couldn't take the plane 'cause I wanted to stay I was hopin' we could work it out some way But she had had enough
So I took the diamond ring to the shop downtown I left the ring in the glass, he left the money laid down And I was left in the lost and found
Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes And I fight the dream
I don't want to hear you say we've grown apart I don't want to hear you say things have changed No I just want things to be the same They say if I, if I fight the dream They say there'll be no wind for me
Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes Ah me, how her winds swept across my scenes Ah ah me, ah me, ah me Ah ah me, ah me, ah me, I fight the dream
I went to Amsterdam I got so lost down the way I took the crooked path I wish that I'd never stayed I cannot change the past Can I change, change the past?
Ticket in hand to leave I sit on the train and think of you Your face in the photograph I run my finger down your cheek I cannot change the past Can I change, change the past?
I cannot change the past All of it's done in Amsterdam
Honey when you doubt my love for you Look into my eyes what I’m going through Even if we change and fall out of You hold my hand and it’s better than love
You save me from myself You got my back when I need help There’s no one else in the world You will always be my girl You will always be, you will always be You will always be my girl
Sometimes dreams they don’t come true I was scared of that when I met you But I stayed patient and I was kind Telling you to take your time
You turned my life around, you made it ok to let you down There’s no one else in the world You will always be my girl You will always be, you will always be You will always be my girl
So when I’m walking down the road feeling mad Can’t understand the things you do Nothing turns out the way we planned You’re still my baby and I’m still your man
You save me from myself You got my back when I need help There’s no one else in the world And you will always be my girl You will always be, you will always be You will always be my girl
I was six years old When I heard the news that you You had gone Gone away and you’re never coming back My mom sat me down and began to cry And said, “boy, oh my boy, this is gonna hurt.” This is gonna tear your little heart And I said to her, “If I can’t lift him up, I wont leave him hanging on to me. If I can’t lift him up, I won’t leave him hanging on to me.” You better believe. Do you still dream of her as she dreams of you each night? You hover over her bed and she reached to pull you in She says that when we, when we go that we won’t change We just float from time to town, well I have one thing left to say If I can’t lift you up, I won’t leave you hanging on to me If I can’t lift you up, I won’t leave you hanging on to me You’re already moving on in your mind So you can do the things you need to do And even though you’re leaving me behind I’ll still smile when I think of you 26 years old, your memory’s a melody that haunts me in my sleep 26 years old, and I have one thing left to keep, and that I give to you. If I can’t lift you up I won’t leave you hanging on to me. You better believe.
I was hanging with a girl I know She was telling me a week ago That I’m the only one she’s ever really loved I was talking with a friend of hers Telling her I know that what her friend deserves is More than I can give It’s more than I can give
You know that I would give it all away If I knew I could get it back No need to question all the things I say It’s hard to take, but it’s a fact
I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one.
People say it’s sad to think about Someone giving more than they’re getting But my taking made me figure out That I’m the lonely one
I’m the one who’s always walking out Your love has put me on the run You know exactly what I’m talking ‘bout You know that love is never done
I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one.
Passing time all the lonely nights when I think of you You can make all the right moves and sometimes still lose
You know that I would give it all away If I knew that I could get it back No need to question all the things I say It’s hard to take but it’s a fact
I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. I’m the lonely one. (x2)
