Where you gonna run to Downpresser man All along that day You drink your big champagne and laugh I wouldn't like to be a flea Under your collar man You can run but you can't hide Beggin' to hide you All along that day

I know, I know, shh I would always change the line (Stay alive) (Stay alive) where’s my son? Mr. Hamilton, come in, they brought him in a half an hour ago He lost a lot of blood on the way over (Stay alive) is he alive? Yes, but you have to understand

And I don't even know his last name My momma would be so ashamed It started off "hey cutie, where you from?" And then it turned into "oh no! what have I done?" And I don't even know my last name Last night, I got served, a little bit too much of that

I've been waiting so long Where did we go wrong I keep breaking your heart How can we be apart I never thought it would happen I feel quite the same

The landlady takes me up in the air I go, I go where I would not dare The landlady shows me the stars up there I'm weightless, weightless when she is there And I'll never know, never know what starving poets meant 'Cause when I was broke, it was you that

You mystify me Where to go? Wanna leave me behind Oh, do you know My feet are off the ground I don't know where I stand Do you have to hold my hand? It wouldn't come out right Something on your mind

So lay me down In that open field out on the edge of town And know my soul is where my mama always prayed that it would go If you're reading this, I'm already home If you're reading this My mama's sitting there Looks like I only got a one-way ticket over

And I see nothing I can do would change this now This last caress I'll cherish forever If I could I would kiss all your tears away This emptiness can only bring sorrow If you leave I will follow Wherever you go I will be there for you I believe that our

But that would be too easy, love And I don't want no easy love I could be with someone, making me happy I could put my phone down Just pick up my keys I could let you go and we could let it be I'd have it no other way I could be somewhere, chilling on a

Some broken bridges in my time Praying for forgiveness Standing on the other side There are bridges on life?s highway But we never see them there Some cross troubled waters And some don't go nowhere Some you wouldn't step on If you're trying to save your