For the victims of a longing The grave of our youth is up ahead And life has become a burden We move in circles of suppressed despair Waiting for the sun And turning stones to find evidence But it hides in the recesses of our hearts A written decree of

We're halfway there We're looking good now And nothing's gonna get in the way And looking back now I never thought that I'd ever say Leaning on each other's shoulders Then we turn around And see we've come so far somehow If we never flew

Well honey here comes a lullaby Your very own lullaby With a lullaby And turn this up on the radio If you can hear me now I'm reachin' out to let you know That you're not alone And you can't tell, I'm scared as hell 'Cause I can't get you on the telephone

Just like that you're six years old and you take a nap and you Wake up and you're twenty-five and your high school sweetheart becomes your wife You just might miss your babies growing like mine did Turning into moms and dads next thing you know your

So when the waves come rolling in Then I won't turn the tide And in the line of fire You'll set me aside So go on Richard let go On our last trip to the coast We watched the boats sail the sea "How effortlessly they float" You turned and said to me

Like a flower waiting to bloom Like a light bulb in a dark room I am siting here waiting for you to come home and turn me on Like the desert waiting for rain Like a school kid waiting for spring I am siting here waiting for you to come back home and turn

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! Oh written in the stars A million miles away A message to the mane Seasons come and go But I will never change And I'm on my way

Turn the key, turn the volume up to loud Roll right, roll every window down Let the whole block know what this is about That beat is hot This is how it goes Welcome one and all to the show

Anything could change her mind One sunset or one regret She could turn around, come back, and be mine Happy endings happen all the time But it's a long, long way from Myrtle Beach to L.A. Well I love her and she's leaving She met a man, plays in a band,

Come on and text me, Texas Before you turn off your phone I'm a wreck and I'm restless Got a feelin' that you're not alone Yeah it's breakin' my heart and I'm startin' to get the message Come on and text me Texas Who's in Houston that's keepin' you from