Livin' with my eyes closed, goin' day to day I never knew the difference, I never cared either way Lookin' for a reason, searchin' for a sign Reachin'
Mile upon mile, got no direction We're all playin' the same game We're all lookin' for redemption Just to pray, to say the name So caught up now in pretendin
I see a house, a house of stone A lonely house, 'cause now you're gone 7 rooms, that's all it is, 7 rooms of gloom I live with emptiness, without your
Another day another chance to get it right Circumstances sabotage me in spite of what I try No matter what I do There's always something keeping me away
What's your line this time, Cerebral Man Whenever you walk through my door, I start to sweat I'm falling in slow motion, and I'm losing control And the
Now just because your pretty, and you think you're mighty wise You tell me that you love me, then you roll those big brown eyes When I saw you last week
Art attacks from subway walls Sprayed like bullets into concrete face Everywhere you turn, knuckles are crackin' Suburban monkeys break ghetto habits
People like to shake you up and put you down Run you all around, drive you crazy Like to steal the roses right out of your bed Get inside your head, drive
Baby, I forgot somethin', that's why I came home It's somethin' I really need, I know you thought I was gone No, it's not my gloves honey, it's not that
From the top of the hill You can see all the lights Of the diamond field The treasure buried in plain sight Where one man's loss Is another man's gain
Get nervous, get nervous Get nervous, get nervous, get nervous Get nervous, get nervous, get nervous Get nervous, get nervous I feel a little shaky,
It seems I loved you for so long It seems like all of my life Just like a child who doesn't belong You'd turn, 'til even the sun became your shadow And
If it's getting harder to face everyday Don't let it show, don't let it show Though it's getting harder to take what they say Just let it go, just let
You punch your way through a world of good intentions People don't matter, all you want to do is win And nothin' ever comes too fast for a man of means
Standin' in the doorway Forgot to say one thing You've always had the power To lift my wings I know, I shouldn't need so much An' we could say goodbye
I was alright for a while I could smile for a while But when I saw you last night You held my hand so tight As you stopped to say hello Oh, you wished
Evening, every night you come and you find me And you always remind me, that my baby's gone Evening, you got me deeper in your power Every minute seems
Well there used to be a time when a man was a king To work for a man was a woman's only dream Everything he did was perfectly alright He didn't have to
