This song goes out to my mother The one I love And the one I lost When it comes down to her Thinkin' about what my mother's done for me The love she's given me Makes it easy to do a song like this So this one's for you ma

Love is the remedy Pray to be stronger and wiser In love, in music, in life Know you get what you give Love one another (Love is the remedy) I’ve been looking for a sound That makes my heart sing Been looking for a melody

Yeah some kind of gift they're given That makes this life worth livin' And it makes a man a man Somethin' about a woman Yeah some kind sweet little something That I may never understand Oh there's nothing like that She pulled her hair back to sun her

(doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah Doo wah, doo wah, doo wah, doo wah) It don't mean a thing If it ain't got that swing All you got to do is sing It makes no diff'rence If it's sweet or hot Just give that rhythm Ev'rything you got Oh, it don't mean a

She wants to break up every night Don't wanna wait until she finally decides to feel it Then tries to fuck me back to life I cannot help it if I like the way she makes me feel it Give me the runaround (runaround) Which one am I with now Build the bridges

I'll come find you one of these days The moment you stop looking Wherever you go, you'll be in the right place You'll never know the difference it makes When you let go, and give up your chance You think you're ready But you've got too much on your mind

It's the sweet love that you give to me That makes me believe we can make it through anything 'Cause when it all comes down And I'm feeling like I'll never last I just lean on you 'cause baby You're my better half And you look at me And give me that

And I would give all this and heaven too I would give it all if only for a moment That I could just understand The meaning of the word you see 'Cause I've been scrawling it forever But it never makes sense to me at all But with all my education I can't

Fuck it all! fuck this world! Fuck everything that you stand for! Don't belong! don't exist! Don't give a shit! Don't ever judge me! I am the push that makes you move Over and over and under my skin Fuck you all! Running out of ways to run

So give me the hard stuff The kind that makes you real 'Cause I want the hard stuff When they're throwin' sticks and stones I'm never gonna give you up I'll be there when the storm comes We can cut each other to the bone Yeah I want the hard stuff (hard