'Cause you lift me up No I don't get down And I know, no matter how much colder Or how much I carry on my shoulders As long as I'm standing, I'll be closer 'Cause it ain't over, 'til it's over But we don't get down No we don't get down We can turn this

Ah, ah, ah, ah Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh oh Hold the heavens from the earth For the mighty arms of Atlas I know the way, know the way, know the way, know the way It was an April morning when they told us we should go As I turn to you, you smiled at me How

Where are you now? Oh, where are you now? Oh, oh, get back soon Oh, get back soon Oh where are you now? Oh get back soon Sometimes I wonder why she wouldn't stay What I should have changed

Once you've loved somebody It ain't that easy to do Like I loved you I should go out tonight Get on with my life Break these chains of solitude With a little luck and a little help I might even find myself In the arms of someone new

She should have stayed away from friends She should have had more time to spend She should have died when she was born She should have worn the crown of thorns She should have been a son She should have stood out in the crowd She should have made her

You'll be my only, my one and only Is that the way it should start? As the summer evenings grow I said it's alright, You know it's alright You know it's alright, I said it's alright You know it's all in my heart Dancing days are here again I got my

You should have told me, Lucy That's a long time How do you do, Lucy? You sure been hard to find I heard you had a daughter six years old And I just can keep from crying Six years and Lucy Lord, have mercy Is she pretty? Has she grown?

Mm, too young, too dumb to realize That I should have bought you flowers And held your hand Should have gave you all my hours When I had the chance Take you to every party 'cause all you wanted to do was dance Now my baby's dancing But she's dancing with

Take it out on me And put your lips on mine Let me take his wrong And make it right this time Yeah, you can just come over You ain't gotta call You always got a shoulder anytime it all goes bad When you're 'bout to break When you're mad as hell

What would you give, in exchange for your soul Oh if today, God should call you away What would you give, in exchange, what would you give, in exchange Brother how far, from the savior today Risking your soul, for the things that he gave Mercy is