Life is for my own to live my own way Out for my own, out to be free One with my mind, they just can't see No need to hear things that they say Life is for my own to live my own way Fell no pain, but my life ain't easy I know I'm my best friend No one

The most beautiful sound I ever heard Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria Say it loud and there's music playing Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word Maria, Maria, Maria I've just met a girl named Maria

It's a game you can't win I hear the waves Sun beatin' down on my shoulders It's a near-perfect day Wishin' I wouldn't get any older They say that it's gone 'fore you know it now

So hear me when I say this, boy I tell you true, I ain't easy I can't breathe, you set my heart on fire (Fire) Every single thing you do just set my heart on fire I struggle to breathe, I can't breathe, you set my heart on fire (Fire) Start it again, I

She said goodbye too many times before This love has taken its toll on me And her heart is breaking in front of me Her heart is breaking in front of me I have no choice 'cause I won't say goodbye anymore I was so high, I did not recognize The fire

We hold each other When the days get short Something happens when I hold her She keeps my heart from getting older and the nights get a little bit colder I miss the words we used to say I miss the sounds of yesterday I miss the games we used to play like

Would you please have mercy, mercy on my heart Please have mercy on me Take it easy on my heart Even though you don't mean to hurt me You keep tearing me apart I'm saying baby Would you please have mercy on me I'm a puppet on your string And even though

Who says you can't have it all I've got everything a broken heart needs Oh, I'm doin' fine don't you worry 'bout me 'Cause I'm Lord and Master Of a fool's Taj Mahal A stark-naked light bulb hangs over my head There's one lonely pillow on my double bed

I've heard it all before, I've heard it all before I don't wanna hear I don't wanna know Please don't say 'forgive me' (I've heard it all before) Please don't say you're sorry I've heard it all before And I can take care of myself I've seen it all before

Shot through the heart as I lay there alone in the dark Through the heart it's all part of the game we call love Didn't somebody somewhere say I gave you everything Now here's the curtain call Shot through the heart it's all part of the game we call love