Hard luck story It's a hard luck Don't ask me to love my neighbor Don't ask me to tip the waiter Don't ask me to pray to Jesus Cause I don't love the man Don't ask me for my favors I won't lend a hand And if I had real power

We live in troubled times What good is love and peace on earth? Where's the truth in the written word? If no one reads it A new day dawning Comes without warning When it's exclusive? So don't blink twice What part of history we learned

I wanna believe Take these eyes so I can see Are you just a story in a book for us to read? Are you God or just another man that bleeds? Please tell me there's a heaven that awaits They say that you've come to end The sadness and pain A barer of light To

I'm guilty of, guilty of the crime Of lovin' you, baby Guilty of, guilty of the crime Take a look at me, baby It's a new love story You be the judge and the jury I'm guilty of the crime You're the only one who's ever heard my song I might be lonely now,

It's cherry pink and apple blossom white When your true lover comes your way The poets say The story goes that once a cherry tree Beside an apple tree did grow And there a boy once met his bride to be Long long ago The boy looked into her eyes, it was a

How could she be so cool How could it be she might be mine It's a story of a man Who works as hard as he can Just to be a man who stands on his own But the book always burns As the story takes it turn An leaves a broken man How could she be so fine

Oh, I need you more than words can say I find peace in every story you told I think of you, I'll never be alone Always been there for me, now I'll do the same It's true, true, true You know I do, do, do Oh, you save me in ways that I can't explain When

He walks away, The sun goes down, He takes the day but I'm grown, And it's okay, My tears dry on their own, In this blue shade, So we are history, My deep shade, All I can ever be to you,

I was younger than you are now When I was given my first command I led my men straight into a massacre I witnessed their deaths firsthand I made every mistake And felt the shame rise in me And even now I lie awake Knowing history has its eyes on me (whoa)

She's right on the money She goes direct to my heart When it comes to lovin' me She's everything I need, bulls eye-perfect Got a little story for you (bet it's about a woman) Let's begin with the day I met her And how fast this good ol' boy's world got