I need you far away from me I want you closer to me (I need you far away from me) (I want you closer to me) We hear a prayer for the brighter morrow It's hard to take thru all the laughter We don't believe in tomorrow It's just another morning after We

Only my way, my way, my way goes If you don't know how to treat a woman Close your eyes, ain't no point in looking Over here with the weak shit Get out of here with the weak shit You won't get nowhere with that No I don't want that back Don't want that

That's not the way to get over me It don't matter to me It don't matter to me what you say You, you, you know I don't know what you're sayin' All of a sudden you say you don't want me no more All of a sudden you say that I closed the door Girl, your

Can't nobody take my pride, can't nobody hold me down oh no I got to keep on movin' Don't push us, cause we're close to the, edge I get the feeling sometimes, that make me wonder Why you want to take us under (Why you want to take us under) (We ain't

And I don't wanna be somebody without your body close to me And if it wasn't you, I wouldn't want anybody close to me (yeah, yeah) And I don't wanna be somebody without your body close to me (whoo) Close to me 'Cause I'm an animal, animal-al, like

Maybe I am not all that I've learned Close your eyes, you twist and you turn I know I am more than they see I'm everything, everything is me I won't be what you want me to be Your picture perfect vanity I don't want to be your dirty pretty Turn it on,

I never should have told you I never should have let you see inside Don't want it troubling in your mind Won't you let it be And I could easily lose my mind The way you kiss me will work each time Pulling me back into the flames And I'm burning up again,

You damn right, I've got the blues From my head down to my shoes I stopped by my daughter's house You know I just want to use the phone I can't win, 'cause I don't have a thing to lose You know my new grandbaby came to the door And said, granddaddy, you

Said I'm gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground) Is all I ask I'm gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground) I'm gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down) I don't want no future (Want your future) I don't need no past (Need no

I wish I was, I wish I was beside you She sleeps alone My heart wants to come home She lies awake I'm trying to find the words to say I wish I was, I wish I was I don't wanna go So close but so far away Within a minute I was all packed up