Take it on, little brother, an'make a way On my job, I didn't get much pay I was too confused, to understand Take it on, little brother, take it further I said take it on, little brother an' make a way Now all a-you young folks, ravin' An' hollerin'

Scratching at the surface now And I'm trying hard to work it out And so much has gone misunderstood And this mystery only leads to doubt And I didn't understand When you reached down to take my hand And if you have something to say You better say it now

I would have noticed a gold wedding band, Diane I'd rather you hate me than not understand And all those nights that he's given to me I wish that I could give them back to you I promise I didn't know he was your man Oh, I promise I didn't know he was

I don't understand You don't care that you hurt me And now I'm half the man That I used to be when it was you and me You didn't love me enough My heart may never mend You didn't say you're sorry And you'll never get to love me again Would have given up

I want to live my life again But you won't I'll never understand the winds I didn't know I was afraid But you did I want to do it again Do you want to live forever? (Omnipotent, omnipotent)