I'll wipe my shirtsleeves Under your eyes When salted tears won't dry These hearts will be flooded tonight And I'll hold on to the words you spoke of Anchored down in the throat, love And I'm captain of this sinking boat now With just one armband to

Am I blue, ah am I blue Ain't these tears in these eyes telling you You'll be too I said if this plans with your man Done fell through Oh there was a time When I was, when I was he's only one But look at me and see now

And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years! Your day breaks, your mind aches You find that all the words of kindness linger on When she no longer needs you She wakes up, she

No more talk of darkness Forget these wide-eyed fears I'm here, nothing can harm you My words will warm and calm you Let me be your freedom Let daylight dry your tears I'm here, with you, beside you To guard you and to guide you Say you'll love me every

Shout shout shout Shout at the devil But in seasons of wither We'll stand and deliver Be strong and laugh and He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night He's the blood stain the stage He's the tear in your eye Been tempted by his lie

No more talk of darkness Forget these wide-eyed fears I'm here, nothing can harm you My words will warm and calm you Let me be your freedom Let daylight dry your tears I'm here, with you, beside you To guard you and to guide you Say you'll love me every

Hesitation, wipe the tears from your eye (Tears from your eyes) Wish I still could see you, my dawgs livin' in the sky (My dawgs livin' in the sky) You get your wish, we got them sticks and we gon' slide (We gon' slide) Keep yourself a pistol and make

But once again these tears always win These eyes put up a fight Say now baby girl you're better off That's what I'm telling myself (over and over) But I'm lying to myself 'Cause these lips are missin' you (Missin' you) 'Cause these lips ain't kissin' you

It's not over before it's too late She's all alone again Wiping the tears from her eyes Someday he feels like dying She gets so sick of crying An extraordinary girl She's an extraordinary girl It's not over 'till you're underground This city's burnin'

I'm drowning in solitude again No, this won't kill me In my dreams last night I saw your face You held me and washed away my tears Then I woke to realize you're gone This won't kill me Pull these scars off my eyes Lost from the world