Just as it was, baby Before the otherness came And I knew its name But your love was unmoved There is a roadway, muddy and foxgloved Never I'd had life enough My heart is screaming out And in a few days I would be there, love Ever here that's lived in me

I ride east every other Friday but if I had it my way Days would not be wasted on this drive And I want so bad to hold you Some of the things I haven't told you Your mom and me just couldn't get along And I'll think about my life And wonder why, I'll

I can't let I can't let her get away If I let her get away Can't let go I thought she had to have it Since the first time she came Who knows the situation Mysteries do remain And now I wonder why

Just for you And my arms are open, just for you just for you Golden days, life was play Pain was all a world away We went to school we learned the rules We trusted all they had to say Then life took a turn We had to learn And we can't go back again

If you say my eyes are beautiful, It's because they're looking at you. And if you could only see yourself, You'd feel the same way too. You could say that I am a dreamer Who's had a dream come true. If you're wondering why I'm smiling, It's because I'm

You found me dressed in black Hiding way up at the back Life had broken my heart into pieces You took my hand in yours You started breaking down my walls And you covered my heart in kisses I thought life passed me by Missed my tears, ignored my cries

The way you almost held my hand, dear The time you kissed my cheek The words that never left your lips, love But I heard week after week The waltzes that we left untaken The glances drove us mad The life we didn't live together And the love that we

But it's fading away from my mind There's another "me" waiting behind Up until recently I have been alone Leading a tranquil life but never at home Something had changed and I turned to the wind That blew through me and told me, "how long? How long?"

If I had possession, over judgment day And I rolled and I tumbled and I cried the whole night long Had to fold my arms and I, slowly walked away Now run here, baby, set down on my knee Lord, the little woman I'm lovin' wouldn't, have no right to pray And

My baby's gone, gone away from me Woke up this morning, my baby's gone I ain't got nobody to stay at home with me I ain't had no loving since my baby been gone I wonder 'bout my baby, what's gonna happen to me My whole life is in misery And now I'm