If you were here, I'd never have a fear So go on live your life But I miss you more than I did yesterday You're so far away So c'mon show me how 'Cause I mean this more than words can ever say Oh baby here comes the sound I took a train outta New Orleans

And I would give all this and heaven too I would give it all if only for a moment That I could just understand The meaning of the word you see 'Cause I've been scrawling it forever But it never makes sense to me at all But with all my education I can't

My sermon, yeah, yeah, yeah These are my words, this is my voice, that is my sermon Give me your heart, give me your pain, give me your burden 'Cause I can take anything that you can give Forgiving everything that you did I need you to feel that you're

I struggle for the words and then give up My head's up with the birds and the seagulls A little piece of mind that I know better Than the plain disgrace of all my letters I broke into your house last night And left a note at your bedside I'm far too shy

There are moments that the words don't reach (If you see him in the street, walking by her side Talking by her side, have pity) Forgiveness, can you imagine? There is suffering too terrible to name You hold your child as tight as you can Then push away

In the middle of the night So when I call you in the middle of the night And I'm choking on the words 'cause I miss you Baby, don't tell me I'm out of time How you slipped through my hands I got so much of my loving to give you I keep coming back to that

If you give it a name, then it's already won. What you good for, what you good for? (Can you fill the silence?) You must have the words in that head of yours. And oh, oh, can you feel the silence? I can't take it anymore, Tell me a piece of your history

Give it up let go There's no hide and seek I see you you see me What's the mystery Somewhere in between Reeling, reeling You've got what I need Sleep, I don't need no sleep Words are only words

Bring your love baby I could bring my shame Bring the drugs baby I could bring my pain Bring the cups baby I could bring the drink Bring your body baby I could bring you fame And that's my motherfucking words too Listen ma I'll give you all I got Listen

Forever and always I know the only words that you have for me Are give up and get out You’d like to think You'd like to think that we've been beaten But we're here to stay For drowning your voice out We've been defeated, but we’re here to stay I am an