I see a dust trail following an old red Nova Baby blue eyes, your head on my shoulder You don't look a day over fast cars and freedom That sunset river bank first time feeling Wait, baby, don't move, right there it is T-shirt hanging off a dogwood branch

Oh, baby baby Won't-cha turn your head my way? You're old enough to Dance the night away Dance, dance, dance the night away Have you seen her? So fine and pretty Fooled me with her style and ease And I feel her from across the room

And then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like "I love you" The time is right, your perfume fills my head, the stars get red and, oh, the night's so blue I know I stand in line until you think you have the time To spend an evening with me

But there is trouble ahead I can feel it You are just saving yourself when you hide it Yeah, I know you care I see it in the way that you stare As if there was trouble ahead, and you knew it I'll be saving myself from the ruin And I know you care I know

Turn your face Walk away until you're not standing at my door Turn your face, walk away and stay In my memory, all the small things, like daggers in my mind In my memory, while my head bleeds, the words I'll never find That I always meant to say to you I

Stand your ground Don’t let the bastards grind you down Be bold, be strange Don’t let their fears make you afraid Yesterday I told my sons, "Sometimes the bad guys win" And that it made me scared about the world that we live in But I had to reassure them

This time no And my head told my heart Let love grow But my heart told my head As the winter winds litter London with lonely hearts Oh the warmth in your eyes swept me into your arms Was it love or fear of the cold that led us through the night? For

I won't tell your secrets Your secrets are safe with me Just think of me as the pages in your diary I will keep your secrets Lemme hear you say woo (woo) Lay your head on my pillow Here you can be yourself No one has to know what you are feeling No one

How much longer are you gonna pay For yesterday Sins of the father One more cross to bear Go on lose it in the city I am the crazy man Who lives inside your head But I think I'm breaking through the wall You are the innocent

All because of you I've felt the cold rain of the coming storm I haven't slept in so long When I do, I dream Of drowning in the ocean Longing for the shore Where I can lay my head down I'll follow your voice