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

If not now then when If now today then Why make your promises A love declared for days to come Is as good as none You can wait 'til morning comes You can wait for the new day You can wait and lose this heart You can wait and soon be sorry

And the mother we share will never keep your proud head from falling The way is long but you can make it easy on me And the mother we share will never keep our cold hearts from calling I'm in misery but you can't see, as old as your omens Never took your

I hope that I can turn back the time To make it all alright, all alright for us I'll promise to build a new world for us two With you in the middle Staring at two different views on your window ledge Coffee is going cold, it's like time froze There you

Well, your railroad gate You know I just can’t jump it Sometimes it gets so hard, you see I’m just sitting here beating on my trumpet With all these promises you left for me But where are you tonight, sweet Marie? Well, I waited for you when I was half

(Change clothes and go) You know I stay, fresh to death I brought you from the projects And I'm a take you to the top of the globe so let's go (Change numbers and go) Uh huh yeah, uh (Now girl I promise you, no substitute) It's just me Young HOV in the

Baby that's all I can give right now Maybe that's just what it is right now Wish I could be where you are I know the distance is far I've been running, running through your mind Promise that I'm on a flight, going to you right now I don't have much time,

You now I see Keeping everything inside (with you) Even when I close my eyes I'm with you And I'm left in the wake of the mistake, slow to react You're still so distant, and I can't bring you back The way I feel Was promised by your face

Hey, I'mma put us all on the map Gone and I ain't lookin' back I know they gone feel it like they tank on E I promise baby, you can bet the bank on me 'Cause can't nobody tell me what I ain't gonna be no more You thinking I'mma fall, don't be so sure I

Everyone considered him the coward of the county "Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done Walk away from trouble if you can I hope you're old enough to understand Son, you don't have to fight to be a man" He'd never stood one single time to prove