Taking the long way around Taking the long way No I, I could never follow But I, I could never follow Maybe someday, someday I'm gonna settle down My friends from high school Married their high school boyfriends Moved into houses in the same ZIP codes

For more than just a day This time the girl is gonna stay I just can't help believin' When she slips her hand in my hand And it feels so small and helpless And my fingers fold around it like a glove And her tears are shining honey sweet with love This

Yeah, I'm gonna do it again! Sick of my life. I'm tired of everything in my life. Paralyzed. Nothing's getting through to me. Hypnotized from all my surroundings. I want to be something I could never be. I want to say things that I could never say.

Then she's in control What would it take for you to just leave with me? And when a girl is with one I can't think for no one Gonna be here all the time I don't know 'bout your girl But I know she ain't touchin' mine

I can't take it man. Hey Nas, hey hey boy, you see what they done did to Jimmy and Lee? Mmmhmm. Damn man. Sho' can't. You think this is gonna eva' change? Man damn this place man! Damn these chains! These damn Chitlins every damn night. This cotton.

This is gonna be the best day of my life My li-i-i-i-i-ife Wo-o-o-o-o-oh, wo-o-o-o-o-oh I'm never gonna look back Woah, never gonna give it up I had a dream so big and loud I jumped so high I touched the clouds I stretched my hands out to the sky We

I know you've never seen him But don't fight with him You're gonna make it through the night I said you're alright with him To the light with him You're alright with him 'Cause you're alright with him ('Cause he loves you) Right by your side X, dry your

My eyes fall open on you It's like my dreams keep goin' on and on and on, it don't Matter what we're doin' As long as I'm with you, and I can't imagine anything I couldn't love you through the bad days There's gonna be mistakes But, baby, I'm here to stay

Cause I'm gonna dance like I've got no regrets Gonna make a night I won't forget I'm hanging on a razor's edge The edge, the edge Give me, give me one more night We goin' til we die We make it stupid hot Show 'em what we got Give me one more night

There goes my life There goes my future, my everything All he could think about was I'm to young for this Got my whole life ahead Hell I'm just a kid myself How'm I gonna raise one All he could see were his dreams going up in smoke So much for ditching