LYRICS

I sing these words

Time and time again

To express my life

Of being your lover and your friend

And as the clouds high above shed their tears

I'll embrace you with love from all your fear

Am I the one am I the one that you love

Am I the one

Am I the one that you think of

Am I am I the one

A passion in your caress

Flows from your fingertips

And I pray for the day that I hear

Those precious words pass through your lips

Wishing upon a star from up above

That soon you'll love at me baby

And say I'm the one that you love

Am I the one

Am I the one that you love

Am I the one

Am I the one that you think of

Don't you make me feel crazy

If I break down and cry

Just tell me that you love me baby

Even if it is a lie

Am I

Am I

Am I

Am I the one

I know there's a painful chance I must take

So silly I ask you

Afraid it's a mistake

Am I the one

Am I the one that you love

Am I the one

Am I the one that you think of

Don't you make me feel crazy

If I break down and cry

Just tell me that you love me baby

Even if it is a lie

Am I the one

Am I the one

Am I the one

Am I the one I got to know yeah

Come one baby

Am I the one

Me and my dog really get along

She don't howl when I'm screaming my song

I cuss I drink I lie I spit

Guess I don't really give a shit

Broken and ugly yes I am

Still I feel good diving in

Mama I'm running again odelay

Down in Alabama where I'm wanted in jail

I'm a little nervous in the Bible belt

I'm broke I'm smoked out and passed out on the bar

The I took all the money and your grandma's car

Broken and ugly yes I am

Still I look good diving in

Mama I'm running again odelay

Do what ya do say what ya say

Don't waste no time on yesterdays

Cash in your ticket to ride

Don't let them talk you into walking

Into no one else's shoes

Don't be no sucker in line

Broken and ugly yes I am

Still I look good diving in

Mama I'm running again

Mama I'm running again

Mama I did it again odelay

If I won me the lottery

I'd dance naked in the street

With a top hat full of money

And you'd want to get to know me

If I won me the lottery

And if I was a movie star

I'd sip honey from a pickle jar

In the back of my limousine

And they'd call me an icon

And I'd be looking back at you

From the cover of the People magazine

I guess it's all for the taking

I guess it's all yours and mine

My sister says I got to see it and believe it

And I believe I believe it

But I'm just an outsider

living in a trailer with my black and white TV set

If only I was President

You know I'd paint the White House pink

And never have to pay the rent

If only I was President

I guess it's all there for the taking

I think it's all yours and mine

My preacher says I got to see it to believe it

And l believe won't sleep till I've had enough

I believe won't sip my wine from no paper cup

I believe won't sleep till I've had enough

Until I've had enough

Delicious surprise

Now I do believe

No fear in my eyes

Now I can see

Heaven's inside inside inside

I knew it all the time

Got me something to believe in

But all I really want now is a handful of salvation

And l believe won't sleep till I've had enough

I believe won't sip my wine from no paper cup

I believe won't sleep till I've had enough

Until I've had enough

Hello again my friend it's been sometime

I try and read you in your shifting eyes

Your hands are trembling as I hold them in mine

How ya living

You were the talker an I was the clown

We grew up wondering how we would get out

But you're still talking talking

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet forever

So now you're hustling for the five and dime

You cured the stranger and his perverted mind

You are the poet of need and lust how's the preaching

You painted destinations on the inside

And dreamed of revelations yearning to fly

But you're still walking and still talking

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet forever

Hold on Geany watch what ya say

Save your preaching for a rainier day

Hold on Geany I'm talking to you

You're so amazing in whatever you do

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet forever

Hold on Geany watch what ya say

Save your preaching for a rainier day

Hold on Geany I'm talking to you

You're so amazing in whatever you do

You got places to go

You got people to know

You got plans to get your shit together

Did you take it too far

Did you forget who you are

Did you stash your soul into the closet

You didn't take it to far

Still you know who you are

Grab your soul and hold on to forever

Forever

Together

Yes baby I've been drinking

I know I shouldn't come by no more

But I found myself in trouble darling

And I have no place else to go

Yeah I got some whiskey from a bottle

Got some cocaine cocaine from a friend yeah

And I had to keep on pushing darling

'Till I was back in your arms again

And I I'm guilty

I am guilty darling

And I'll be guilty for the rest of my life

How come I never do

What I am supposed to do now

And when I try to do it never turns out right

Yeaaaah hey hey hey

You know how it is with me motherfucker

You know I just can't stand myself

It takes a whole lotta medicine darling

For me to pretend that I'm somebody else

Trying to fly mountain high

Are you trying to be immortal

Come on here's your chance

Take your dance

Say goodbye to your mother

Just let your life shine now's the time

What you've been given will do just fine

Just let your love come through

Your song for the people

Listen to the voices of your soul

Are you trying to be immortal

I can see the future's been painted

Red white and blue

I won't whisper if you won't

You and I know that it ain't true

Just let your life shine now's the time

What you've been given will do just fine

Just let your love come through

Your song for the people

Listen to the voices of your soul

They're trying to tell you

What you already know

Are you trying to be immortal

My life's a bitch while you're living on the bubble

Thought I saw right but now I think I'm seeing double

Are you trying to be immortal

Free the free

You got to look through your left eye

What you gonna do

What you gonna do

Just let your life shine now's the time

What you've been given will do just fine

Just let your love come through

Your song for the people

Listen to the voices of your soul

They're trying to tell you

What you already know

Are you trying to be immortal

Listen to the voices of your soul

They're trying to tell you

What you already know

Are you trying to be immortal

My life's a bitch while you're living on the bubble

Thought I saw right but now I think I'm seeing double

The future's been painted

Red white and blue

She hangs around the boulevard

She's a local girl with local scars

She got home late she got home late

She drank so hard the bottle ached

And she tried and she tried and she tried and she tried

But nothing's clear in a bar full of lies

So she takes and she takes she takes and she takes

She understands when she gives it away

She says man I gotta get outta this town

Man I gotta get outta this pain

Man I gotta get outta this town

Outta this town and out of L.A.

She's got a gun she's got a gun

She got a gun she calls the lucky one

She left a note right by the phone

Don't leave a message 'cause this ain't no home

And she cried and she cried and she cried and she cried

She cried so long her tears ran dry

She laughed and she laughed she laughed and she laughed 'cause she knew she was never coming back

She said man I'm gonna get outta this town

Man I'm gonna get outta this pain

Man I'm gonna get outta this town

Outta this town and out of L.A.

It's all she loves

It's all she hates

It's all too much for her to take

She can't be sure just where it ends

Or where the good life begins

So she took a train she took a train

To a little old town without a name

She met a man he took her in

But fed her all the same bullshit again

'Cause he lied and he lied and he lied and he lied

He lied like a salesman selling flies

So she screamed and she screamed and she screamed and she screamed

It's a different place but the same old thing

It's all I love

It's all I hate

It's all too much for me to take

I can't be sure where it begins

Or if the good life lies within

So she said

Man I gotta get out of this town

Yeah now I gotta get back on that train

Man I gotta get out of this town

I'm outta my pain

So I'm going back to L.A.

I've seen myself with a dirty face

I cut my luck with a dirty ace

I leave the light on

I leave the light on

Daddy ain't that bad he just plays rough

I ain't that scarred when I'm covered up

I leave the light on

Little girl hiding underneath the bed

Was it something I did must be something I said

I leave the light on

Better leave the light on

I wanna love I wanna live

I don't know much about it I never did

17 and I'm all messed up inside

I cut myself just to feel alive

I leave the light on

21 on the run on the run on the run from myself

From myself and everyone

I leave the light on

I leave the light on

Better leave the light on

Cause I wanna love I wanna live

I don't know much about it I never did

I don't know what to do

Can the damage be undone

I swore to God I'd never be what I've become

Lucky stars and fairytales

I'm gonna bathe myself in a wishing well

Pretty scars from cigarettes I never will forget

I never will forget

I'm still afraid to be alone

Wish that the moon would follow me home

I leave the light on

I ain't that bad I'm just messed up

I ain't that sad but I'm sad enough

Cause I wanna love I wanna live

I don't know much about it I never did

I don't know what to do

Can the damage be undone

I swore to God I'd never be what I've become

God bless the child with the dirty face

Who cuts her luck with a dirty ace

She leaves the light on

I leave that light on

I stole the outside running into the sun

I'm alive loud as a golden gun

I killed my pride so once again I'd see

Live and learn fallen one thousand times

I feel the burn there's fire from a crazy sky

I sealed concern so once again I'd be

It lifts you up it puts you down

Then it feeds you life then it lets you down

While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean

If I could ya know I'd stand on the rock

Where Jesus stood

Innocence and evil bad and good

Walking side by side

It lifts you up it puts you down

Then it feeds you life then it lets you down

While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean

We got a way of making up our minds

How could I run just leave it all behind

When it breaks me up inside still I refuse to hide

And it is just what it is and that's all right

It lifts you up it puts you down

Then it feeds you life then it lets you down

While it holds your heart then it slowly tears you apart

And ya know life is what I mean

Mother may I and I would say

Yes sweet baby take it away

It won't be long just remember

That powerful is the woman in you

Stay true

And she'd come to me when fire and water was gone

To caress the empty with a song

Saying why cry for anger that bullets the sky

Just remember I'll remember

Mama I'll get by

I know my face seems crazed and wild

But I got her eyes a mama's child am I

She's blessed with grace and is smooth as a line

And when I shade she helps me shine

And she comes to me when there's nothing I believe

And holds me so high yes I am free

Saying why hold the anger it won't let you fly

Just remember I'll remember

'Cause mama mama I'll get by

Confused by my own illusions

She said that it's only my pride

And even the simplest solutions

Still won't heal my mind

So I'll remember

I'll remember

And I'll get by

Oh God safe me for I am wicked and damned

Oh God show me a better way to the Promised Land

Cause I

I can't take it no

I can't shake it no

I can't break it no

Don't wanna eat it no more

I cannot hide it

I'm uninvited

I can't fake it no

I can't shake it

I can't take it

I can't shake shake shake shake

Shake that 'ol monkey off my back

Gimme my money back

Slip through your crack

Gimme my money back

Sit back

Oh God know me I'm just dirty footprints at your door

Oh God hold me from one more trip and liquor store

Cause I

I can't take it no

I can't shake it no

I can't break it no

Don't wanna eat it no more

I cannot hide it

I'm uninvited

I can't fake it no

I can't shake it

I can't take it

I can't shake shake shake shake

Shake that 'ol monkey off my back

Gimme my money back

Slip through your crack

Gimme my money back

Sit back

Gimme my money back

Slip through your crack and get back

I'm not praying for a miracle

Just a little peace of mind

And if what I do is all in vain

As I'm screaming going insane

Still I am not my name

God wouldn't save me

So now it's just me and my rotten friends

The drugs ain't working

No they're just jacking me off again

You need coolin' baby I'm not foolin'

I'm gonna send you back to schoolin'

Way down inside honey you need it

I'm gonna give you my love

I'm gonna give you my love

Hey

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

You've been learnin' baby I bean learnin'

All them good times baby baby I've been yearnin'

Way, way down inside honey you need it

I'm gonna give you my love

I'm gonna give you my love

Hey

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

You've been coolin' baby I've been droolin'

All the good times I've been misusin'

Way way down inside I'm gonna give you my love

I'm gonna give you every inch of my love

Gonna give you my love

Hey

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

Wanna whole lotta love

Way down inside baby

You need love

Shake for me baby

I wanna be your backdoor tramp

Keep it coolin' baby

Days 'n nights n' nights n' days

In silent shades of lazy grays

I'll call your name

It's all the same

Sitting staring at the ceiling

Dripping painted pictures peeling

From my walls

The time just crawls

Was it yesterday I don't know

Was I dreaming or did I lose everything I believe in

If you could only see what I see

Every time you leave

Imagine a world with no sky

Imagine the ocean run dry

Imagine and you'll see the view

Of my world without you

Imagine no sun and no rain

Imagine that each day is the same

It doesn't matter what I do

In a world without you

Doers doing thinkers thinking

Lonely lover's lips are sinking in my tea

They're burning me

Wasted weeping someone speaking

In my head the bed is leaking tears again

And there's no end

Was it yesterday I don't know

Was I dreaming or did I lose everything I believe in

If you could only see what I see

Every time you leave

Imagine a world with no sky

Imagine the ocean run dry

Imagine and you'll see the view

Of my world without you

Imagine no sun and no rain

Imagine that each day is the same

It doesn't matter what I do

In a world without you