My mind would rule my heart I didn't pay attention to the light in the dark It left me torn apart But now I see your tears as an omen It's an omen, caught my baby crying Saw the silver lining It must be an omen

I'm bleedin' American gold, gold, gold, yeah, yeah I lost some friends, some friends that I didn't want to I lost some stars, my heart bleeds red, white, and blue I've been in and out of the fire battling for you (oh oh) Bleeding on American soil I bleed

For my broken heart Last night I prayed the Lord my soul to keep Then I cried myself to sleep So sure life wouldn't go on without you But oh this sun is blinding me As it wakes me from the dark I guess the world didn't stop There were no angry words at

In case you didn't know That I could live this life without you Even though I don't tell you all the time You had my heart a long, long time ago I can't count the times I almost said what's on my mind Just the other day I wrote down all the things I'd say

Don't want no high rise tombstone Gonna gather up my saints Don't wanna hear you fussing If it is or if it ain't My life needs no witness And my burden is my own You gotta answer to somebody If you didn't learn then you didn't read Gotta live with it

Every chance I did or I didn't take All the nights I went too far All the girls that broke my heart All the doors that I had to close Thank God for all I missed 'Cause it led me here to this All the things I knew but I didn't know Every stoplight I

She had it all figured out But she left me with a broken heart F***ed around and turned me down Cause she didn't think I could play the part But now the prom queen the prom queen See you never know how How everything could turn around Never forget the

How the hell does a broken heart Teach itself to start Beating again ba ba ba ba Get back together when it's torn apart Don't you think it was hard? I didn't even say that you died But it wouldn't have been such a lie 'Cause then I started to cry Ba ba

'Cause everything starts from something But something would be nothing Nothing if your heart didn't dream with me It didn't matter how many times I got knocked on the floor Where would I be, if, if you didn't believe You knew one day I would be standing

Rumor has it she has you Rumor has it you love her too Talk is cheap but the price is high when it's true I overheard a conservation your name was mentioned in But they didn't talk about us, only her again I didn't want to listen but I hung on every word