And you know it's right Agent of wealth Bearer of needs Arming the strong Aiding the weak Know me by name Shepherd of fire I am your war Lets take a moment and break the ice

You know that I care What happens to you And I know that you care So I don't feel alone Or the weight of the stone Now that I've found somewhere safe To bury my bone And any fool knows a dog needs a home A shelter from pigs on the wing

She's got everything she needs, she's an artist She don't look back You will start out standing Proud to steal her anything she sees She never stumbles, she's got no place to fall She wears an Egyptian ring that sparkles before she speaks Bow down to her

She looks to me She looks to me alright She needs somebody to hold Your roughest night Who's going to take you home And hold you when things aren't so bright It looked to me like heaven sent this for Looks to me like heaven sinned No lullaby kid, no five

Like the wave needs an ocean Like the love needs devotion Every minute, every hour I lay broken like a flower It ain't easy And it ain't pleasing She's just tryna find a way out there She put our faith in

I know it's hard now for you to see You can't change how it was or how it's gonna be I'm what she wants, you're just what she needs And yet she still loves me, she still loves me Where is her sweater? It’s not in her car Is not at her friend’s house,

And in her eyes you see nothing No sign of love behind the tears Cried for no one A love that should have lasted years! Your day breaks, your mind aches You find that all the words of kindness linger on When she no longer needs you She wakes up, she

I stand in front of you I'll take the force of the blow You're a boy and I'm a girl You're a girl and I'm a boy This girl I know needs some shelter She don't believe anyone can help her She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage But you don't want to

She likes it my way, my way, My way, my way What I say goes, and I'm in control You can't satisfy her needs She keeps running back to see me do it Ooh, Ooh, Hey Yo see it's rare that you find people like us Cause all ya'll other (look) out there doing

That ain't my baby, no, that ain't my girl Maria, why you wanna play me like that? But she talking in, and she needs to quit But never this, all I know she's not mine 'Cause she's wildin' out, what she talking about? She ain't my baby, she ain't my girl