Don't stand aside! While people make demands At first they'll take your liberties Then tie them 'round your hand When time goes by some day you'll find Their words are your command These times won't last and once they're gone they don't come back Well

Once I knew a girl in the hard hard times She made me a shirt out of fives and dimes Now she's gone but when I wear it she crosses my mind And if the best is for the best then the best is unkind I realized that Illinois was more than I could stand They

One two three four five Six seven eight nine ten Now in Spanish, then in French We'll say that twice again We love you all (also forwards) I'll be gone about a week Oh, by the way, I brought brought her pillow

I'll be back one day Til I'm gone (gone) I grew tired of the same, then one night Packed my things, told the one I love Through the fight, through the pain Booked a flight, took a plane Told her not to cry Been dreaming this since I was young

We in the bed like (Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh) I'm a buy you a drank (Then I'm a take you home with me) I got money in the bank (Shawty, what chu think about that? Find me in the gray Cadillac) Let's get gone, walk it out (Now walk it out, think about it,

I'm just trying to make these girls all smile(all smile). Then I'll take'em to a level they might've never been before, We goin' hit the door. And then hit the floor, you'll get hit below. I got somebody I want you to get ta know. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4,

Pop a top again I just got time for one more round Set 'em up my friends Then I'll be gone Then you can let some other fool sit down I'd like for you to listen to a joke I heard today From a woman who said she was through and calmly walked away I tried

I am your angel I'll be your cloud up in the sky I'll be your shoulder when you cry I'll hear your voices when you call me And when all hope is gone, I'm here No matter how far you are, I'm near It makes no difference who you are And then you will see,

Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba Come on and sing Everybody sing Now the dark days are gone And the bright days are here (Can’t stop me now) If you believe in destiny then you will see (Ain’t no stoppin’ now)

Then as it was, then again it will be And though the course may change sometimes Rivers always reach the sea Blind stars of fortune, each have several rays On the wings of maybe, down in birds of prey Kind of makes me feel sometimes, didn't have to grow