I just want to live while I'm alive (It's my life) It's my life I ain't gonna live forever My heart is like an open highway Like Frankie said I did it my way And it's now or never This ain't a song for the broken-hearted No silent prayer for the

Quarter notes and Hank's half time Are poundin' on this heart of mine Song to song, I pass my time With these speakers on ten Your good and gone keeps me up all night Along with Songs In The Key Of Life I'm either gonna get over you Or I'm gonna blow out

I wanna be the one to put it in a song Take every single tear for all the world to hear For everything you lost and all you overcome Were you named for the river that surrounds* All my biggest my mistakes or the way that I made it out All the muscles in

They say I made the moon Everything was in the dark No memories at all Just a tiny freezing wind in my back As I was sitting there Singing a song they had never heard before Suddenly, a voice told me "Keep on singing, little boy And raise your arms in

It's more than a feeling (more than a feeling) When I hear that old song they used to play (more than a feeling) And I begin dreaming (more than a feeling) Till I see Marianne walk away I see my Marianne walkin' away I looked out this morning and the sun

It's only lies that I'm living It's only tears that I'm crying It's only you that I'm losing Guess I'm doing fine There's a blue bird at my window I can't hear the songs he sings All the jewels in heaven They don't look the same to me I just wade the

La-la-ly, la-la-ly, la-la-ly-ly I'm slaying like the queen of swords I can be like a raging storm (La-la-ly, la-la-ly, la-la-ly-ly) Don't go asking me for apologies I'll sing 'till you hear my song This time you better believe that there's No way I'm

I want to scream "I love you" from the top of my lungs But I'm afraid that someone else will hear me You can only blame your problems on the world for so long Before it all becomes the same old song As soon as we hit the hospital I know we're gonna leave

La la la la la la lala la There might be another star But through my eyes the light of you it's all I see There might be another song So long ago my heart without demanding Informed me that no other love could do But listen did I not though understanding

I know the streets will shed tears for me (They love me, dawg) When the cold wind blows in the heart of the city and I'm gone When my story is over and my song is done All I get is mother fuckin' love in these streets To most of these tricks I'm a mother