And in the night I could be helpless And in the day, everything's complex There's nothing simple when I'm not around you And I miss you, when you're gone That is what I do, bay-, bay-, babe And it's going to carry on That is what I knew, bay-, bay-, baby

You'll never be my hometown girl There's nothing like her in this world I'm tired of the get around girls Ain't nothing like my hometown girl (Ooh, why?) I'm missing someone else This will never be the same But I blame it on myself Because I can't make

I'm lost and fading, life ain't great My heart is breaking and life won't wait There's no one there, no one around There's not a soul and not a sound Your feet stuck in the sinking sand Your mind is reeling, shaky hands Tears are streaming, sorrow calls

Com, commotion Git, git, git, gone Traffic in the city turns my head around No, no, no, no, no Backed up on the freeway, I'm backed up in the church Everywhere you look there's a frown, frown People keep a-talkin', they don't say a word Jaw, jaw, jaw,

I'll morph to someone else If I keep moving, they won't know Defense mechanism mode What they throw at me's too slow I'm just a ghost There's no "above", or "under", or "around" it For "above" is blind belief and "under" is sword to sleeve And "around"

It's fine by me I'm just saying it's fine by me And we can live like this forever If you never leave There's no one else around You're not the type Type of girl to remain With the guy, with the guy too shy Too afraid to say, he'll give his heart to you

Scream your lungs out You don't have to wait forever It's the next disaster Await for laughter Save all your prayers I think we're lost today There's no morning after No one's around to blame So say goodbye to the world

These honky tonks and bright lights Used to thrill me I'd paint the town and stumble in at down But now there's no one listening for my footsteps It's winding down to one more night alone I thought I had her wrapped around my finger I didn't think this

I want to love somebody, love somebody like you Shining down on me and you When you put your arms around me There's a new wind blowing like I've never known I'm breathing deeper than I've even done And it sure feels good to finally feel the way I do And

How I still hang around here And there's nothing to hold me And be on his way Isn't it hard sometimes Isn't it lonely? A couple of young girls went Sailing down A1A Into the arms of Florida Sailing down a highway