My arms are open (oh, oh) My arms are open I can't unfeel your pain I can't undo what's done I can't send back the rain But if I could I would My love, my arms are open So when you feel like you can't take another round of being broken I will be standing

But you heard it all I'm from the city She belongs to the city If I knew I was wastin' my time Would end up wastin' my time With all these shoulda coulda wouldas I'm in her ear one time Tryna tell her how I ride She heard it all I know she heard it all

Now I know, I lost you a long time ago I could have been So many things But it would never be enough for you I was the one You counted on But I was never the one for you If it was all a mistake Then I guess we're both to blame

And this bird you can not change But, if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same Cause I'm as free as a bird now Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Lord knows, I can't change If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be

Love is bigger than anything in its way Oh, if I could hear myself when I say (Oh love) love is bigger than anything in its way The door is open to go through If I could I would come, too But the path is made by you As you're walking start singing and

And this bird you can not change But, if I stayed here with you, girl Things just couldn't be the same Cause I'm as free as a bird now Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Lord knows, I can't change If I leave here tomorrow Would you still remember me? For I must be

He was a diplomat's son, it was '81 And then I'm gonna duck out behind them If I ever had a chance it's now then But I never had the feeling I could offer that to you To offer it to you would be cruel When all I want to do is use, use you He was a

Makes me sing oh oh oh oh And this world would change a lot about you baby if it could, but I'm looking through the glass that I'm seeing through I wouldn't change a thing about, a thing about you Because you're perfect girl oh oh oh oh And every little

What more could I say, I wouldn't be here today If the old school didn't pave the way I remember Mr. Magic, Flash, Grandmaster Caz LL raising hell but, that didn't last Eric B. & Rakim was, the shit to me I flip to see a Doug E. Fresh show, with Ricky D

Such a beautiful disaster I don't know what he's after But he's so beautiful And if I could hold on Through the tears and the laughter Would it be beautiful Or just a beautiful disaster It just ain't right Oh and I don't know