And in the glow of silver light

I trace the lines above your eyes

Just another wrinkle that you can blame on me

But i can hear the current of the freeway in the distance

If i keep listening

And i wonder if you ever thought of streaming off

Somewhere with it

Am i not what you thought

Will you get tired of what you got

If i can’t give you anymore

Than weathered ships and distant shores

Would you still be my compass

’cause you keep loving me the same

I don’t know how but you still stay with me, baby

You stay with me, baby

Another day, another week

We’ll slip back in old routines

’til nights like these come in between

Simple moments in the dark

Ones that life can’t tear apart

They come along just when we need

And i still hear the current of the freeway in the distance

But i stop listening

’cause i know you’ll stay even though the waves are always shifting

We’re fighting our way through

I guess i always knew

Is everything a-ok in the usa
In the good ole usa
Is everything a-ok in the usa
In the good ole usa

It’s like everything and nothing leads to wisdom
It’s like no one really means what they say
While we fight for peace & die for our freedom
I guess we’ll leave it to our children to find a better way

Is everything a-ok in the usa
In the good ole usa
Is everything a-ok in the usa
In the good ole usa

I know that i, i’m just a dreamer
A common man, schemer
Looking for light
Out of the dark night of my soul

I hear the drums of war, they are a changing
And everybody’s getting in the groove
We’re laughing and dancing and talking and jammin’ and singin’
Oh, we’ve got nothin’ but love to prove, so how about you

Is everything a-ok in the usa
In the good ole usa
Is everything a-ok in the usa
In the good ole usa

I know when you will raise your fingers
To your mouth as if to wipe away the shame
It’s not a game i know you feel bad

If you ask for my forgiveness
If you call my name i will come
If you ask for my love i will give you some

Someday i know you will understand
Someday you’ll finally realize
What you’re doing to yourself

We’ve been dancing to
That same old song over and over again
I want to be your lover
I don’t want to be your policeman

So tonight when you finally make
Your way back to our door
I’ll let you sleep it off like i did the night before

When you ask for my forgiveness
When you call my name i will come
When you ask for my love i will give you some

In the morning i will get you up and
I will smile just when you want me to
Cause i’m, i’m all you have

’cause you’re mine
That’s all i need to know
The sunshine’s everywhere we go
It’s so right cause i’ve got you to hold
Every night yeah
I’m the lucky one
I’m the lucky one

Well i pulled back down to my upstreet apartment
And the air never works in that old place
Twenty-seven and i thought i’d be further along
Than just this rented space
I got no papers to read
I got no cable tv
And i got no places to be
I got no people to meet

I’m on a roll
When i’m with you
Don’t stop me now
I just can’t lose

The devil wants a fella
With a weakness he can wrap his arms around
The champion wants a challenger
Who just might have the strength to take him down
The river wants an ocean to run towards
And pour its heart into
Oh and i want you

Oh, every time that i’m around you
Oh, i’m on fire when we touch
Oh, when i hold you boy you know
I can’t get close enough
Yes i want you

I could cry and say i need you
Tell you that i die when you’re not here
I could lie and say i love you
Pour a little poison in your ear
But all i’m gonna give you is
Nothing but the bare and naked truth
Baby i want you
Baby i want you

I believe in fairytales and dreamers dreams like bed sheet sails
And i believe in peter pan and miracles
And anything i can to get by
And fireflies

Before i grew up i saw you on a cloud
I could bless myself in your name and pat you on your wings
Before i grew up i heard you whisper so loud
“life is hard, and so is love, child, believe in all these things”
I found mayonnaise bottles and poked holes on top
To capture tinkerbell
And they were just fireflies to the untrained eye
But i could always tell

Before you met me i was a fairy princess
I caught frogs and called them prince
And made myself a queen
Before you knew me i traveled ’round the world
And i slept in castles and fell in love
Because i was taught to dream

He knows that you were just chasing a dream
To the town line and then back and over again
So he winks at you girls
And tells you all “I’ll see you later”

I was stealing kisses from a boy
Now I’m begging affection from a man
In my house dress don’t know you who I am
I’m standing in your kitchen

It’s late enough your husband’s dinner is cold
So you wrap it up and leave it for him on the stove
It’s probably the traffic again
Or another important meeting

And you haven’t talked to an adult all day
‘cept your neighbor who drives you crazy
When he finally gets in he’s sure not in the mood for talking

And hours become days and days become years
And you could burn down this town
If they made matches from fear
Buy you’re no worse off than anybody else
Hey don’t you even know, don’t you even know yourself

So you’re standing outside your high school door
The one you walked out of twenty years before
And you whisper to all of the girls, run, run, run

I was stealing kisses from a boy
Now I’m begging affection from a man
In my house dress don’t you know who I am
Take a look at who I am, I’m stealing kisses

I’ve cried and begged and cursed and prayed
But nothing’s worked, nothing’s changed
No way i win when you keep score
And i ain’t gonna take it
I ain’t gonna take it anymore

I’m gonna crawl out from this stone that i’ve been under
To see the light and breathe the air
And you’ll have a million reasons why i shouldn’t leave you
But for the first time in a long time i don’t care

I guess on one hand you should laugh
’cause i’ve said the same things in the past
But this time one hand’s on the door
And i ain’t gonna take it
I ain’t gonna take it, anymore

Now i can’t help but think of you
Lookin’ back in my rear view
But i’ve been down that road before
And i ain’t gonna take it
I ain’t gonna take it anymore
I ain’t gonna take it
I ain’t gonna take it anymore

I’ve been this alone for so long
I’m beginning to wonder why
I stand in one place
Different name, different face
But no one’s gonna see me
Break down and cry

Won’t somebody stand by me
Stand by me just one time
Won’t somebody stand by me
Stand by me just one time

Lord, I don’t understand
What’s slipping through these hands
You’d think by now I’d know when to let go
Here I am
Won’t somebody stand, stand by me

I’m not bending tonight
But I’m twisted and turned and broken down
I’m starting to know the sound
Of nothing and no one and yet everything

Well, if God’s here tonight
Are You here tonight
Maybe You could grab me up
Lord, stand me on my feet
Give me strength and set me free
‘Cause I’m not giving in until I’ve had enough

Won’t somebody stand by me
Stand by me just one time
Won’t somebody stand by me
Stand by me just one time

Oh, I don’t understand
What’s slipping through these hands
You’d think by now I’d know when to let go
So here I am
And I’m throwing down my one last hope
Here I am
Won’t somebody stand, stand by me

Stand by me, stand by me just one time
Won’t somebody stand by me just one time
I don’t understand
What’s slipping through these hands
You’d think by now I’d know when to let go
Here I am
And I’m throwing down my one last hope

Won’t somebody stand by me just one time
Won’t somebody stand by me just one time
I don’t understand
What’s slipping through these hands
You’d think by now I’d know when to let go
Here I am