As time was ticking We were winning And it all was going as planned Politicians stand between the lines of making headlines Street signs saying you're going the wrong way Fading faster now You can try to break us And make us fall apart

Anna please turn around, we'll work it out somehow Anna don't turn me down, there's still a chance if we can hold out once more 'Cause we started out with love, that was more than enough And that's a lot to give up Even if you turn and walk away, love

No time for wasting away I never bite off more than I could chew We're breaking up the city But then she came and bit me But then she bit my leg She said don't want to work I want to play and live my life like it was Sunday The only problem is that

When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself, and I Didn't know I was lost I didn't know I was lost So wake me up when it's all over So wake me up when it's all over Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beating heart I

I'm sorry for changing. Believe me, it's easier just to pretend. I'm sorry it had to be this way. But, I won't apologize for who I am. You had me to get her. And here, I thought it was me. I was changin', arrangin' my life to fit your lies. It's all said

Then bring it on over Stringing him along any longer girl, it's just wasting precious time Girl, you know it can't wait Rip it off just like a band-aid The way you look at me, girl, you can't pretend I know you ain't in love with him, break up with him

I don't need their blessing now I don't need their invitation Ain't no way to shut me down Or to take this path I've taken And maybe I've been left out Never let this be mistaken They can keep that blessing now, forget me now 'Cause I was never welcome

Well I woke up this mornin' it was drizzlin' rain Around the curve come a passenger train Heard somebody yodel and a hobo moan Jimmy he's dead he's been a long time gone Been a long time gone a long time gone If you wanna get to heaven gotta D-I-E you

I don't wanna waste it, don't wanna waste it I don't wanna waste it, don't wanna waste tonight And I need your love I don't wanna say goodbye to another night And watch you walk away And make the same mistakes, this time And I don't wanna let it burn in

Every day with someone new I fall in love just a little ol' little bit Love with every stranger, the stranger the better And so I fall in love just a little ol' little bit Go take this the wrong way You knew who I was with every step that I ran to you