You know that I would now if only I could A brand new baby was born yesterday just in time Papa cried baby cried said your tears are like mine I heard some words from a friend on the phone didn't sound so good The doctors gave him two weeks to live I'd

Some are misunderstood All of the greatest Greatest of all Were chasing their fading star Who'll be the latest The latest to fall? We're marching into the dark Some are better than good Some are just no good

Can't take it slow 'cause you and I are pushin' time Sometimes love acts out of spite And good things happen over night Are we fools for rushing in? 'Cause already dread the end Lonely ain't no place to start I guess thats just where we are Oh, how I

You ain't gonna trouble poor me anymore But someday baby Don't care how long you gone I don't care how long you staying But, good kind treatment Gonna bring you home someday You just keep on betting That the dice won't pass Well you know, darling

Sometimes goodbye is a second chance Tell my mother, tell my father I have done the best I can To make them realize This is my life I hope they understand I'm not angry, I'm just saying She waved, said, "Why are you always running in place"

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good I try so hard, don't let me be misunderstood Baby, you understand me now If sometimes you see that I'm mad Don't you know no one alive can always be an angel?

In which we're given paradise but only for a day? Is it written in the stars, are we paying for some crime? Is that all that we are good for, just a stretch of mortal time? Is this God's experiment in which we had no say? I am here to tell you we can

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Baby, do you understand me now? Sometimes I feel a little mad But don't you know that no one alive can always be an

Are we not good enough? Are we not brave enough? Or is it all a dream? Is the violence in our nature Just the image of our maker? To become something greater Than the violence in our nature? Are we not good, good enough? Dancing on the crumbling precipice

Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Baby, do you understand me now Sometimes you see that I'm mad But don't you know that no one Can always be an angel When everything goes wrong you see some bad But