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THE SIMPLE LIFE

we came to the city one day
fooled by ambition and lights
and the life that once was peaceful
now seems like an unending fight

here trouble is going to find us
no matter how hard we try
but couldn't we go to some place
where they'd be unlikely to find

and we'd never lock all our doors
or leave all the lights on at night
and i wouldn't have to watch you
and wonder if you'd be all right

here trouble is going to find us
no matter how hard we try
but couldn't we go to some place
where they'd be unlikely to find

they say why's peace so hard to find
tell me why's peace so hard to find

i'd be a needle in a hayfield
i'd be the least famous person alive
if it meant that we could grow old
without any wars in our lives

here trouble is going to find us
no matter how hard we try
but couldn't we go to some place
where they'd be unlikely to find

they say why's peace so hard to find
tell me why's peace so hard to find

BECAUSE OF YOU

when i was a younger man
you and me were holding hands
you were taking me somewhere i didn't know
i used to watch the things you'd do
and i'd try to do them to
always wanted to be oh just like you

you made me see
all the better sides of me
and now i see
all the better sides of me

and it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you

no one can ever understand
the depths of any other man
or the trenches you dug inside my heart
all the memories we made
in the sun and in the shade
i'm still following your lead though i don't think of you

you made me see
all the better sides of me
and now i see
all the better sides of me

and it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you
it's all because of you

WHAT DID I DO

weclcome to my world my friend
i wanted it all but this is all i am
yesterday i heard some news
that made me wanna sit and rethink all my views

i laid down my head and i cried oh what did i do
i just laid down my head and i cried god what did i do
i've got courage inside but in the end what will i do
i just laid down my head and i cried god what did i do

i woke up and felt more at ease
there's so many people they'll be just fine with out me
i waited to long it seems to do the things
i'll only do in dreams

like i wanted to travel the world wanted to meet you
and i wanted to act on those fantasies i never told you
i wanted a child of my own but never had you
and i wanted to learn all the secrets of life that i never knew

WAKE UP

i feel like something strange is coming over me
i feel something great flowing inside me
it was unseen here but not hard to find
now it's calling me whispers in my dreams it says

wake up wake up wake up wake up
wake up wake up wake up wake up

i feel like something's wrong i don't feel the same
i could finally gain some touch to this place
where i was unseen here but not hard to find
now it's calling me whispers in my mind it says

wake up wake up wake up wake up
wake up wake up wake up wake up

and you could have it all
you could have it all
you could have it all
you could have it all

i feel like something great is falling down on me
i think somehow fate has brought me to this place
and what went unseen here is not hard to find
now it's calling me whispers in my mind it says

wake up wake up wake up wake up
wake up wake up wake up wake up

and you could have it all
you could have it all
you could have it all
you could have it all
but it won't last forever
it won't last forever

i wish you'd try not to be so hard on yourself
i wish you'd try not to be so hard on yourself
cuz that's not fair
no it's not fair
its not fair
no it's not fair

wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up
wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up

you could have it all but you walk on by it
you could have it all but you walk on by
you could have it all don't you walk on by it all

LONELY DAYS

lonely days
i hope they won't stay
can't you see
what you do to me
and no happy days
are gonna come our way
can't you see
what you do to me

you and i are two different souls
we go together like north and south poles
we're yin and yang
i am bitter you are sweet
so when you're gone we're not complete

i live lonely days
i hope they won't stay
can't you see
what you do to me
and no happy days
are gonna come our way
can't you see
what you do to me

cuz you and i
we're king and queen
we go together like adam and eve
we're venus and mars i am cold and you are heat
so when you're gone we're not complete

lonely days
i hope they won't stay
can't you see
what you do to me
and no happy days
will ever come our way
until you see
what you do to me

WE GAVE IT ALL

our dreams are set in stone
they're all we've known
fought hard to be the best
and rise above the rest
we hoped to one day find
something good in our lifetimes
but some thought that we weren't strong
they're gonna find out they've been wrong

cuz we gave it all we had
and we never quit
yeah we gave it all we're gonna make it
and we didn't fall no no
and we took our hits
yeah we held on
we're gonna make it through this

our hearts are full of fire
burning with desire
we held our heads up high
even when it seemed we'd die
without a stake to claim
and nothing to our names
some thought that we would fall
but we're here to tell them off

cuz we gave it all we had
and we never quit
yeah we gave it all we're gonna make it
and we didn't fall no no
and we took our hits
yeah we held on
we're gonna make it through this

A SECRET NEVER GOT TOLD

a secret never got told
while i know that we're getting older
i think it but don't let it show
that inside i feel alone

gone gone away from my home
yet in my mind she'll stay beautiful
gone gone away from my home
life gets so hard when you're out on your own

the letters and pictures i hold
shelter me now from the cold
a secret never got told
and inside i feel alone

gone gone away from my home
yet in my mind she'll stay beautiful
gone gone away from my home
life gets so hard when you're out on your own

NOT TODAY

when the sun settles down
the last colors come out and fade away
and then a new day is done
but you don't feel at one so you say

not today
not today
not today
not today

and the stars flicker on
and you let out a yawn and drift away
but then you like awake
staring far into space and you say

not today
not today
not today
not today

MUST BE A DREAM

i woke up in a daze
at first i felt the same but then i remembered you
and for a moment i feel high but that's when i got confused
was it a dream or was it true

i think i might have dreamed you
you must be only a dream
so was it was it a dream
was it a dream or was it true

i woke up to a dream where all my dreams are true
and bad things hardly happen not to me and not to you
and in the mornings i feel high and glad that i have finally found you
but when i'm alone and feeling blue

i think i might have dreamed you
you must be only a dream
so was it was it a dream
was it a dream or was it true

did we meet one day and did we kiss
did we fall in love and did we kiss
did we meet one day and did we kiss
did we fall in love and did we kiss did we kiss

i woke up in a daze
at first i felt the same but then i remembered you
and for a moment i feel high but that's when i got confused

i think i might have dreamed you
you must be only a dream
was our time just a dream
was our love just a dream dream dream dream dream