(Take me higher) Freed of the world Shed of the weight Onward to see you my friend Light years above Time seems to wait Promise to see you again It haunts to remember All the memories of that day

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

You belong with me Been here all along so why can't you see Dreaming about the day when you wake up Standing by and waiting at your back door You're on the phone with your girlfriend She's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she

Always thought impossible Break the chains of life What I fought for every day Could finally come alive Whatever dreams I longed for I strove for to defend Whatever hope that's there for me Will stay there to the end There's no trace of yesterday

The bartender said ya'll keep it down The party was goin' strong By the palm trees down at the tiki bar Right there in the Holidome We'd been sittin' there since happy hour Had the day off in Omaha And all those girls came in and they wanted to swim And

Don't tell a lie on me I won't tell the truth 'bout you The legendary status of a hip-hop rhyme savior Thirty millions later, my future favors Travel round the atlas in this spaceship candy-coated My day shift's been devoted to fuckin' up bundles of

Has nobody asked you how you are? You look like you might not last the day I wouldn't have made it very far So we'd make a good team right away I've not made amends for yesterday My lip won't get me out of it Waking up dreading hearing tales Of all of my

Bartender, he don't mind, he sits 'em up the same I traded my tomorrows to remain in yesterday Whiskey Tears are fallin' here and each one cries here name Therre's things in my life that I've been missin' The touch of a woman, and lovin' after dark Come

Even if it's just for the day Aggressively, we all defend the role we play Regrettably, the time's come to send you on your way We've seen it all: from bonfires of trust to flash floods of pain It doesn't really matter; don't you worry, it will all work

When day is done Although I miss your tender kiss The whole day through, I miss you most of all And shadows fall I dream of you! I think of all The joys we knew! That yearning, returning,