Honesty is such a lonely word Everyone is so untrue Honesty is hardly ever heard And mostly what I need from you If you search for tenderness It isn't hard to find You can have the love you need to live But if you look for truthfulness You might just as

The most beautiful sound I ever heard Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria Say it loud and there's music playing Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word Maria, Maria, Maria I've just met a girl named Maria

You better watch out I remember it was late one night In the middle of a dream Woke up in a pool of sweat Thought I heard a scream Ran over to the window sill Stuck my head out for a peek Dressed in black was a man I didn't recognise

Yeah we scream, yeah we shout 'til we don't have a voice In the streets, in the crowds, it ain't nothing but noise Drowning out all the dreams of this Tennessee boy Just tryna be heard in all this noise Can't take the noise Wrecking balls, downtown

We gonna let it burn burn burn burn When the lights turned down, they don't know what they heard Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky 'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire, yeah we got

If tomorrow I found one more chance to begin I'd love you all over again Has it been ten years Since we said I do I've always heard marriage made one seem like two But you're looking better than you did back then You still make this old heart give in And

Oh, she's a little runaway Daddy's girl learned fast All those things he couldn't say Ooh, she's a little runaway No one heard a single word you said They should have seen it in your eyes On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives

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

I found a new four letter word The sweetest sound that I ever heard Lust can kinda be nice But it ain't L-O-V-E New four letter word Ain't just your kiss, K-I-S-S, that I miss Ain't just the way that you squeeze me tight If there's a wish at the top of

One night opens wounds and words utter pain The truth cannot breathe a one in your soul You've hid hearts and songs as long as you recall His kind words just fall near your feet With their last air, all they want done is to be heard in your sweet ears