I'll do the Chicago promenade My door is locked, my debts are paid My back was turned I did not see That shadow climbing up on me I took my turn at fixing hearts But that goes bad before it starts I'm desperate now, I must say If I die now before I'm old

Quiet distress covers scars and bruises Quiet distress leaves us lost and desperate Quiet distress we can't afford indifference How many times, how many lies Does it take to demonstrate? To change the apathy that's ingrained The screams, the cries,

It's amazing With the blink of an eye, you finally see the light When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight I kept the right ones out And let the wrong ones in Had an angel of mercy to

(Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo) (Poo poo poo-poo poo poo poo) I'm just a desperate man I'm a desperate man I said hey, what can I say? Oh hey, I said hey I've seen the Joshua Tree Got down on my knees Threw the Virgin Mother a prayer

I'm holding on to pieces of us Wait, wait, wait Don't leave me That I just can't let go I know this is a desperate kind of love But it feels like it's home 'Cause I just can't let go Where you going? (Where you going?)

It's amazing With the blink of an eye, you finally see the light When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight I kept the right ones out And let the wrong ones in Had an angel of mercy to

But the only real change come from inside But the only real change come from I give up, I give in, I move back a little I live up, I look up, now I'm back for more Yeah, my intuition is telling me they'll be better days I know you desperate for a change

Swear to shake it up, and you swear to listen Oh, we're still so young, desperate for attention I aim to be, your eyes, trophy boys, trophy wives Swear to shake it up, you swear to listen And I believe This may call for a proper introduction, and well

Afraid of the house, stay the night with the sinners You must be somewhere in London Afraid of the house 'cause they're desperate to entertain Someone send a runner through the weather that I'm under for the feeling That I lost today Someone send a

I knew you that way I held you closer than I had a right to hold But the only thing that time can't take away Is I knew you that way The secret way long shadows bleed into the night The desperate way leaves in the fall hold colors tight The way that