Remember me for who I was not who I am I'll pray you'll never understand this Sweet sweet sweet November Jesus called me collect last night It took all of me not to answer it Daddy warned me the perils of play Hard to deal God's standards Flying high and

Every part of me Maybe I will never be Who I was before Maybe I don't know her anymore Maybe who I am today Ain't so far from yesterday Can I find a way to be How it's gonna be I wanna understand

A woman's love I have felt it And I have held it I have known I have tasted And I have wasted I'll never understand All the little things

Change in the air And they'll hide everywhere And no one knows who's in control Repress and restrain Still the pressure and the pain Wash the blood off your hands This time she won't understand You're working so hard And you're never in charge

Find a few good buddies, start a band Just get you a guitar and learn how to play Cut up some jeans, come up with a name When you're living in a world that you don't understand I never was a straight-lace, straight A student Teacher's pet or child

Find a few good buddies, start a band Just get you a guitar and learn how to play Cut up some jeans, come up with a name When you're living in a world that you don't understand I never was a straight-lace, straight A student Teacher's pet or child

I found out what it takes to be a man Now mom and dad will never understand Seventeen and strung out on confusion Trapped inside a roll of disillusion Secrets collecting dust but never forget Skeletons come to life in my closet What's happening to me

I overdosed on you Crazy but it's true Ain't nothing I can do All over you Overdosed on you I never smoked with no cigarettes I never drank much booze But I'm only a man, don't you understand

Cause they disappear in the light Cause they look a lot like mine And listen to me, it's okay to be afraid Just walk like you're never alone Baby, I don't I, I need you to understand I don't mind your shadows And I don't mind your shadows And I don't

I gotta make you see You tell me that you're leaving And I'm trying to understand I had myself believing I could take it like a man But if you gotta go, then you gotta know That it's killing me And all the things I never seem to show Girl it's been so