And why can't you see its tearing away what I used to be Oh, so far from home being shallow and alone I'm a shadow of a soul Anywhere I go, anything I try Anyone I love is compromised Everyone I see, staring on back at me Why can't you let me be I don't

Soon as I get paid Ring a ling with the telephone Is the man of the house at home? Your master card is over due Mr. Mo we need a payment from you Right now, right now, right away I ain't got nothing to send you today But I'ma give you all your money

I go to sleep, sleep And imagine that you're there with me When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me I look around me And feel you are ever so close to me Each tear that flows

'Cause this time I'm right to move on and on, far away from here Fallen into this place, just giving you a small taste of your afterlife here so stay, you'll be back here soon anyway I don't belong here, I gotta move on dear escape from this afterlife

Come on over, come on in You can unwind, take a load off your mind Pull up a seat-take a load off your feet Get away somewhere, take a trip Take a break, take control Take advice from someone you know Get a life-get a grip Make a wish-make a move

I've seen through the shading And down to what's within Reaching you will feel me Lost and alone You said I was what you were looking for So why do I feel so empty And it seemed so real Pulled from my grasp taken away Am I nothing in your eyes

But it's fading away from my mind There's another "me" waiting behind Up until recently I have been alone Leading a tranquil life but never at home Something had changed and I turned to the wind That blew through me and told me, "how long? How long?"

No no they can't take that away from me No they can't take that away from me We may never never meet again On the bumpy road to love Still I'll always, always keep the memory of The way you hold your knife The way we danced till three The way you wear

We can just stay here in this minute Lose all track of time Let the world spin on without us for a while I'm tellin' you, we're just one kiss away from heaven So baby, hold on tight 'Cause I want to get wrapped up in your love So baby, let's just stay

And he would play, In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town, Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from miles around. And all the girls from there to Austin, Were slipping away from home and putting jewelery in hock. To take the trip, to