God knows I'm trying I cannot tell who is my friend I need distance between me and them Gonna have to teach me how to love you again God knows I'm trying for you I seen man turn fool for the money one too many times I seen some girls turn their back on

I'm asking him to change his ways If you want to make the world a better place I'm starting with the man in the mirror And no message could have been any clearer (Man in the mirror) You know it! I'm gonna make a change Take a look at yourself, and then

And I'm staring down the barrel of a 45 Swimming through the ashes of another life No real reason to accept the way things have changed Staring down the barrel of a 45 What ever happened to the young man's heart? Swallowed by pain, as he slowly fell

You've been talking in your sleep Every secret that you keep And I know you got a woman you've been dreaming of Every second of the night I've been holding on so tight Cause I know I'm not the woman you've been dreaming of How can you throw twenty years

Heart's are what I'm breakin' Pain is what I'm showin' Love is what I'm takin' Stay away from me I sleep, but I don't rest So, down is where I'm goin' Down is where I'm goin' Love's what I'm takin' There's a strong man lives up in Jackson hole

Every day, a castaway A vagabond, battle born I don't know where I'm going I've flown a million miles And I've rode so many more I've been a thousand places And shook a million hands But I know just where I've been I'm battle born

Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes And The highway is alive tonight I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Man walks along the railroad track He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge

I'm gonna let him fly I'm gonna let him fly, fly whoa Ain't no talkin' to this man Ain't no pretty other side Ain't no way to understand stupid words of pride It would take an acrobat and I already tried all that Things can move at such a pace The second

Bear with me, man, I lost my train of thought Dancing in my underpants I'm gonna run for government I'm gonna form a covers band and all And back there by the baby grand Did Mr. Winter Wonderland say "Come here, kid, we really need to talk"? I fantasize,

I'm searching for the spirit of the great heart The world is full of strange behaviour Every man has to be his own saviour I know I can make it on my own if I try But I'm searching for a great heart to stand me by Underneath the african sky A great heart