There ain't nothin' common 'bout us In this ordinary world Where nothin' is enough Everything is grey Mistake your love for lust When I hold you in my arms I will die if I don't try Damned if I ask why This is somethin' real

Who's ever felt this way? God help me, am I the only one There is no good reason I should have to be so alone I'm smothered by this emptiness Lord I wish I was made of stone Like a fool I lent my soul to love And it paid me back in change God help me am

Living on a paper sun Cause you're living on a paper sun Blind to all the damage done Waiting for the tide to turn All your dreams have come and gone There's not a reason why you've come undone There's nothing left to justify, this can't go on There's

Together we're gonna wait around and die Sometimes I don't even know where this dirty road is taking me Sometimes I don't even know the reasons why I guess I'll keep on ramblin', lots of booze and lots of gamblin' It's easier than just waitin' around to

It’s bittersweet The wind whistling across my bottle still can’t blow away the sorrow That tomorrow you won’t be here with me I won’t forget the way you love me, the amazing way you love me It’s bittersweet, you see You’re not here but I can feel you

We were born and raised in black and white The wind blows hard across the Texas planes Makes some people go insane While others quietly pray for rain That's where we came from Two boys playing in the burning sun One with books, one with guns Mama calls

You and me should go and get so high tonight There was an age the battered times were coiled up around you like a diamond cage Though your sparkle 's long resigned It flickers like the embers of a dying blaze These might be the last days of the blinding

Homesick tired All alone in a big city Why should ev'rybody pity me, Nighttime's falling, folks are a singin', they dance till break of day Dear Old Southland with it's dreamy songs Takes me back there where I belong How I'd love to be in mammy's arms

And fly away from here Anywhere, I don't care We'll just fly away from here Our hopes and dreams Are out there somewhere We'll just fly Looking for a way Maybe now, maybe in a day Cause nothing gonna change

But I'm still climbing up the mountain side I got everything, I got everything I need Everything I need Don't count me out Long as I got my heart and soul Ain't got no money, nowhere to sleep No friends, no family, no bread no meat, no bread no meat No