I've felt the hate rise up in me Kneel down and clear the stone of leaves Inside my shell, I wait and bleed I wonder out where you can't see You haven't learned a thing I haven't changed a thing My flesh was in my bones The pain was always free

I could lie, say I like it like that, like it like that Quiet when I'm coming home and I'm on my own Don't you know I'm no good for you? I've learned to lose you, can't afford to Tore my shirt to stop you bleedin' But nothin' ever stops you leavin' Don't

What I did for love I can't believe what I did for love What I did for us And I've learned But living is the hardest part I can't believe what I did for us Stitch myself up, then I do it again Talking loud, talking crazy Lock me outside

Here in the real world But here in the real world It's not that easy at all 'Cause when hearts get broken It's real tears that fall And darlin' it's sad but true But the one thing I've learned from you Is how the boy don't always get the girl Cowboys

Here in the real world But here in the real world It's not that easy at all 'Cause when hearts get broken It's real tears that fall And darlin' it's sad but true But the one thing I've learned from you Is how the boy don't always get the girl Cowboys

But lets forget all that And give me the number if you can find it So I can call just to tell him I'm fine And to show, I overcome the blow I learned to take it well I only wish my words could just convince myself That it just wasn't real Operator, could

We live in troubled times What good is love and peace on earth? Where's the truth in the written word? If no one reads it A new day dawning Comes without warning When it's exclusive? So don't blink twice What part of history we learned

But I'm an up full man And I love progressive people (progressive people) I've learned some lessons in my life Lessons in my life But tomorrow they change their mind I'm a progressive man I'm an honest man And I love honest people (honest people) Money

Lay all your love on me Don't go wasting your emotion Don't go sharing your devotion And all I've learned has overturned I wasn't jealous before we met Now every woman I see is a potential threat And I'm possessive, it isn't nice You've heard me saying

These are the days our lives will change and we will see our worlds collide Life is a journey throughout the years that pass a lesson to be learned There is a purpose to all that we encounter in this existence What builds us up may one day break us down