And you're breaking and bleeding me down to nothing You're breaking me and bleeding me down to nothing It's tearing me down Way, way down inside there's a hollow soul An emptiness shatters tomorrow And I find it hard to breathe for me in your company

Say you'll remember me Standing in a nice dress, staring at the sunset babe Red lips and rosy cheeks He's so tall, and handsome as hell He's so bad but he does it so well Wildest dreams (ah ah) You see me in hindsight Tangled up with you all night Some

And heaven's here on earth In our faith in humankind In our respect for what is earthly In our unfaltering belief in peace and love and understanding And respect for what is earthly You can look to the stars in search of the answers Look for God and life

Don't tell me what the poets are doing Spring starts when a heartbeat's pounding When the birds can be heard above the reckoning carts doing some final accounting Lava flowing in Superfarmer's direction He's been getting reprieve from the heat in the

Trampled down below Holes begin to pierce the sky Light that falls the gathering of lies Deceive destroys and overgrows As all becomes In time you will know Morning sun Shines its light Blinding the truth

Oh yes I'm the great pretender (ooh ooh) Too real when I feel what my heart can't conceal Just laughing and gay like a clown (ooh ooh) I'm wearing my heart like a crown Pretending that you're still around Pretending I'm doing well (ooh ooh) My need is

Connie came back from her second cousin's wedding First time she'd been home in 'bout a year or two Just in time for the rehearsal dinner But that crazy Connie wasn't wearing any shoes She lives in L.A. she flies to New York City That woman's been around

So tell me, why do I keep holding on? Oh, why do I keep staring down the barrel of a loaded gun? Then tell me why can't I just can't let go? Somebody knows, then tell me She said she loved me, all night long I couldn't help but let her string my heart

Do you ever want to spend the night? Do you ever feel it? I want to spend the night Every time we wind up spending the night I want to share my life Ever time we wind sharing a night

Ooh, she may be weary And young girls, they do get wearied Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah But when she gets weary Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah You know she's waiting Just anticipating The thing that she'll never, never, never, never