I can say it more than once 'Cause I'm thinking twice as fast, yodel-ayde-a Everything I like is nice That's why I try to have it twice, yodel-ayde-a Well, once I saw a bore Who was a social whore, yodel-ayde-a And they said I had a limp And then they

You know we're two hearts believing in just one mind Two hearts, believing in just one mind Beating together till the end of time Together forever till the end of time Well, there was no reason to believe she'd always be there But if you don't put faith

You can have Charleston My home, my heart Where I was born and raised Where one day they're gonna take my body And lay it in a grave But it's got to be this way It's gonna break my heart to say, goodbye But it'll kill me if I stay The cobblestone streets

And from the first time that I saw you Had I known you better then I would've said those three old words You couldn't wait to get to sleep and dream About the one you wish was there beside you Were you ever so in love In the past few days I've grown To

Shine you light, shine your light on me Ya know I just couldn't make it by myself I'm a little too blind to see. Precious angel, under the sun How was I to know you'd be the one To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone How weak was the foundation

Ain't a damn thing promised to ya Except livin your life, and dyin one day, I'm just bein honest to ya It take a whole lot, just to get a little Gettin caught up in the middle the answer to life's riddles never, come that easy, but it was easy to lead

I turned away just one too many times I'm tired of the reasons, sick of all the lies. I looked away just one too many times I'm tired of pretending, that I'm not here, not here to die. This wasn't meant to be a love song, Matter of fact this one's about

What could have been love What could have been love will never be. Should have been the only thing that was ever meant to be. Didn't know, couldn't see what was right in front of me. And now that I'm alone, all I have is emptiness that comes from being

I was born in Chicago at nineteen and forty-one Well, my first friend went down When I was seventeen years old Well, there's one thing I can say about that boy Well, my second friend went down When I was twenty one years of age Well, now rules are

The way we were Memories light the corners of my mind Misty water-colored memories of the way we were Scattered pictures of the smiles we left behind Smiles we gave to one another for the way we were Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time