Dear Sobriety Please come back to me I left you high and dry I'm doomed for good this time I swore I wouldn't be I need you desperately Oh but I'm making a fool of me My hands are shaking But I can still pour the mistake that I'm making

It's amazing With the blink of an eye, you finally see the light When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight I kept the right ones out And let the wrong ones in Had an angel of mercy to

Desperation There's danger in frustration Complicated words slippin' off of your tongue and ain't one of them the truth I'm still desperate for you Throw a dog a bone, I'll take it if I have to Go real fast like there's somewhere we can get to What's the

It's amazing With the blink of an eye, you finally see the light When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight I kept the right ones out And let the wrong ones in Had an angel of mercy to

Your heart's a mess You won't admit to it It makes no sense But I'm desperate to connect And you, you can't live like this The pieces of your heart And let me peer inside

(Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo) (Poo poo poo-poo poo poo poo) I'm just a desperate man I'm a desperate man I said hey, what can I say? Oh hey, I said hey I've seen the Joshua Tree Got down on my knees Threw the Virgin Mother a prayer

But the only real change come from inside But the only real change come from I give up, I give in, I move back a little I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more Yeah, my intuition is telling me they'll be better days I know you desperate for a change

Swear to shake it up, if you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention You're a regular decorated emergency Can't take the kid from the fight, take the fight from the kid I'm exactly where you'd like me, you know Well, I may have

I'll do the Chicago promenade My door is locked, my debts are paid My back was turned I did not see That shadow climbing up on me I took my turn at fixing hearts But that goes bad before it starts I'm desperate now, I must say If I die now before I'm old

Your heart's a mess You won't admit to it It makes no sense But I'm desperate to connect And you, you can't live like this The pieces of your heart And let me peer inside