There's somethin' 'bout the way the street looks when it's just rained There's a glow off the pavement, you walk me to the car And you know I wanna ask
He is sensible and so incredible And all my single friends are jealous He says everything I need to hear and it's like I couldn't ask for anything better
You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset She's going off about something that you said 'Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do I'm in
There he goes, gone again Same old story's gotta come to an end Lovin' him was a one-way street But I'm gettin' off where the crossroads meet Quarter
All this runnin' nowhere fast All these faces that I pass All these souls that don't reach out Leave me feelin' so without I think you got here just
Well, the sun sets in the west But as fast as you go How would you know? You're a busy boy, I guess Who just wants the gold At the end of the road Think
Throwing pictures out the window Scattered by the way the wind blows Bye bye baby, that's the last I'll see of you Shoe box full of old love letters
Love is such a big rush You wanna hurry it along 'Cause you can't get close enough And I know it wouldn't feel wrong But it's all right going slowly
I?ve got money in my pocket I like the color of my hair I?ve got a friend who loves me Got a house, I?ve got a car I?ve got a good mother And her voice
(Mary Chapin Carpenter/Kim Richey) Last thing I wanted was Someone who wants me so much I don't like nobody leaning on me Last thing I needed was
I've got an ice-cold cup of coffee And a paper I haven't read A canyon in my heart And a hammer in my head And a waitress with an empty stare That looks
I want a road stretching out before me I want a radio in my ear I want a full tank of absolution, no fear I want a rainstorm to pull me over Then a sky
I've been looking for a way to fill this empty place With everything from poetry to love in cyberspace I contemplate my future, I analyze my past I twist
[VERSE 1] 2 o' clock and you're breaking down my door its over, You're not the same, its a shame that I let you go, (uh oh) (Uh oh) Gave you all that
Too many fingers, too many thumbs Something wicked this way comes The best time I've ever had Waiting around for something bad Fearless, fearless And
Verse 1 I know promises can vanish in thin air This life comes with no guarantees Everything I have can all be gone And leave me empty-handed fallin?
No, I don't understand and I can't comprehend This power that draws me to You But I know for the cross, I'll consider it all lost In an effort to tell
So hard to be the one who lives the life, Beautiful and dangerous at the same time, Laughing in the face of whatever scares all of the rest of the world