And I know what's on your mind God knows I put it there But if I took it back Well you'd be nowhere You'd be nowhere again In my cold arms Weekend wreckers take the streets With abandon in their eyes But in our bedroom we're bloodshot and beat

All I know is what I see, People think you're just so sweet, But they don't know you quite like I do. I guess they think that I'm a lucky guy, No matter how you cry, Do you think I'm crazy? And what can I do When you pretend that you're in love with me

Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit Well, that was just a lie You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time And you ain't no friend of mine Well they said you was high-classed Yeah they said you was high-classed You know they said you was

My girlfriend's got a girlfriend now. Hey mom and dad, I don't know where to start. I hate to break the news, but I got a broken heart. That sweet southern belle, that I met in Tennessee Got a hickey on her neck and it ain't from me. Seems there's

They poured across the borders We were cautioned to surrender This I could not do Into the hills I vanished No one ever asks me Who I am or where I'm going But those of you who know You cover up my footprints I have changed my name so often

They say what's happenin'? We say the facts and if, they lie We comin' back for them They might say, but they don't know! (they say, they say) They don't know They say a nigga lost his mind But in the scheme of things I never lost a rhyme The thin line

Because of you I'm me All of sudden I'm something I wasn't Because of you I see Everything I can be, lonely as history I know that I'm better when we're together I'm independent to a fault I know this well But I finally found love Without losing myself

But I don't know just where to begin The way I've been treated by my so called friends They're the greatest thing in the world Yes, I want to write a letter Yes, I want to write a letter, people Well, I tell you, it's a sin, people Yes, if I got a dollar

We could be heroes We could be heroes, me and you We could be Everyday people do everyday things but I Can't be one of them I know you hear me now, we are a different kind We can do anything All we're looking for is love and a little light Love and a

Heartaches just don't last forever But it's a lonely road A road we all must travel Once before we go Wonder who is waiting for me At the end of Heartbreak Road Hope that she'll be tender Someone I can know I believe that love's a good teacher