Riding herd through sun and the rain Panning for gold on the cuff We've did everything in the book I guess And a lot that they never thought up Oh Jim, Jim, so you're ridin' on ahead Well if that?s how it?s going to be Jim, Jim, I wore a tie today The

I never sleep When trouble steals thoughts from my restless mind for free, it could be, The times I'm living in lately. I seem to find myself talking to the powers that be Awaking the shade and shadowed under towering trees Admiring the scene, inhaling

(Twisting turning through the never) All that is, ever, ever was Will be ever Twisting, Turning Through the never All that is, was and will be Universe much too big to see Time and space never ending Disturbing thoughts, questions pending

Thought she was a good girl never knew she had it in her All I know that when I woke up she wasn't there All I knew is she wasn't there She must have sucked me to sleep Bad bitch sucked me to sleep Savage sucked me to sleep Ain't nobody ever sucked me to

I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain To hell with my pride, let it fall like rain From my eyes Tonight I want to cry

That girl is long gone Boy you missed the boat, it just sailed away She's not drowning in her yesterdays Betcha never thought I'd be that strong Well this girl is long gone This girl is long gone, long gone It's so like you just to show up at my door And

Now when I caught myself, I had to stop myself You're pushing and pulling me down to you I'm saying something that I should have never thought But I don't know what I want No I don't know what I want Down to you But I don't know what I I'm saying

We're halfway there We're looking good now And nothing's gonna get in the way And looking back now I never thought that I'd ever say Leaning on each other's shoulders Then we turn around And see we've come so far somehow If we never flew

The very worst part of you This isn't what I wanted to be I never thought that what I said would have you running from me I want to be pushed aside so let me go (no, no turning back now) Let me take back my life I'd rather be all alone (no turning back

Oh, I'm a master pretender I'll be your master defender Never thought that I was weak Always thought I could get hurt pretty bad Still get up on my own two feet I always believed that I was free That I had some sense of integrity That would rise above