I'm a hard, hard workin man I got it all on the line For a peace of the promised land I'm burnin' my candle at both ends 'Bout the only way to keep the fire goin' Is to outrun the wind I'm a hard workin' man I wear a steel hard hat I can ride, rope,

When my time comes around Lay me gently in the cold dark earth No grave can hold my body down I'll crawl home to her Boys workin' on empty Is that the kind'a way to face the burning heat? I just think about my baby I'm so full of love I could barely eat

Forget about your house of cards And I'll do mine Denial, denial Fall off the table Your ears should be burning I don't want to be your friend I just want to be your lover No matter how it ends No matter how it starts

In the burning heart Just about to burst There's a quest for answers An unquenchable thirst In the darkest night Rising like a spire The unmistakable fire Two worlds collide Rival nations

She can take it back, she will take it back some day Her love rains down on me easy as the breeze I listen to her breathing it sounds like the waves on the sea I was thinking all about her, burning with rage and desire We were spinning into darkness the

Burnin' it down We're just hanging around Sippin' on some cold Jack Daniel's Jammin' to some old Alabama with you baby I'm just doing my thing You love it when I sing Say it makes you feel like an angel We about to get a little tangled up right about now

You got a lot of lovers with star-crossed wrists They keep a candle burning on the corner you kissed. One day I might die, until then there's too much to do But I'll keep a bonfire for you. Let the other lovers talk about who carries the torch Let them

I'm about to be the only (oh) Gonna be the only one to take it all Oh oh oh oh Everybody gonna know me (oh) Yeah, it's more than just a feeling (oh) It's got me breaking through the ceiling (oh) And now I'm burning like the sun I'm about to be the only

Some kind of ecstasy got a hold on me And I'm wondering where the lions are I'm wondering where the lions are Sun's up, uuh huh, looks okay The world survives into another day And I'm thinking about eternity I had another dream about lions at the door

Your lights are burning bright But nobody's home And now there's nobody home Nothing I can do about it Maybe I won't even try Your will is determined to kill any Reason of mine I see you coming With that look in your eye