She says that things just aren’t working out
And it’s time to move on
He shakes his head and keeps holding out
He keeps holding on, he keeps holding on

She says she’s thought it all over
And it’s better this way
He says he wants to start over
And he thinks she’ll stay, he thinks she’ll stay

True believer, you hang your heart on a line
True believer, you tell yourself it’ll work the next time
So you try

He says the truth is the hardest thing
And maybe she’s right
She bows to look at the diamond ring
He bought her one night

He says he won’t try to hold her back
And it’s better this way
She knows her heart keeps on turning back
And she thinks she’ll stay, she thinks she’ll stay

Love’s open question
A lesson that’s learned
A heart that gets hardened
Is not easily burned

Drink the water from a country stream
Feel the freshness when you’re out that way
Cleans your mind out
Leaves it room to stray

Seems like I never get to stay
Parallel lines are in my life to stay

Driving northward toward Hanalei
Off the highway, place I’d like to go and stay
There’s running streams and
No one else around

Seems like I never get to stay
Crooked highway takes me on my way

And with these three friends, wind, sun and sea
One to keep me warm and one to blow my past away
One to sit and talk with
Till my dying day

Seems like I never get to stay
Parallel lines are in my life to stay

I say hey, babe, I got something to say to you
The way I feel about you, it’s the least I could do
You’ve got so much, you‘ve got so much
Now tell me why the blues, babe, are all over you

Hop down off of that big proud horse
Put your feet on the ground
Feel the earth, feel the earth

Go ahead and feel the earth, you gotta see the earth,
You need to need the earth, go ahead and be the earth

Fly, fly, fly, fly far away
Feel, feel, feel, feel baby feel

When all your saints are suicides
The alcohol you hide behind
Has gone and left you high and dry
You find you’re dying deep inside

What’s the thinkin’ behind all of your drinkin’

You say the world has abandoned you
Well I think you have abandoned you
You’ve fallen into dark despair
When are you coming up for air

What’s the thinkin’ behind all of your drinkin’

So what’s the last verse gonna be
Surprise for you or surprise for me
You’re not the first to sink so low
The question is how low you go

Early in the morning
You lean your head against the face of your window
Green eyes and fair soft skin
Hair of gold as it flows on your pillow
Treat her like a lady
Treat her as you love her, she’s your lady

Treat her as you love her, treat her like a lady
She’s your lady



Later in the evening
Moonlight streaming in on your shoulders
She’s gonna teach you things, boy
Gonna make you feel just a little bit older

Your blood was rising with the sun
Sweet amnesia for what you’ve done
The deed is done now, you can’t turn back
You can’t make up for the things you lack
The ghost that haunts you in the night
Still casts its shadow in the light
Feel the sunlight burn you as you turn to walk away
In the summer day

Your blood was turning into wine
Each time she kissed you, no track of time
But then you saw her with someone new
The wine turned into a witch’s brew
So you took her to the lake last night
Nobody saw you, no moon in sight
Feel the sunlight burn you as you turn to walk away
In the summer day

Your blood was rising, they hear you tell
You fought and argued, she slipped and fell
You tried to save her but it was too late
And now you’re grieving, a wretched fate
But when the sunlight hits your eyes
Her face swims up to you and tells the lie
Feel the sunlight burn you as you turn to walk away
In the summer day

Just like a sailor at sea who comes to his senses
I need a place that I can call home
Just like that man on the bow who waits for his harbor
I seek a refuge all of my own

I’m going back to a place where I belong
I’m going back cause I’ve been away so long
You know it’s hard to believe how soon your time is past
And I’m finally home, I’m finally home, finally home, home at last

Just like a child in the night who cries out in darkness
I looked for answers that I could not see
Just when I thought I was lost, my eyes were opened
And I finally found you, right next to me

I’m going back to a place where I belong
I’m going back cause I’ve been away so long
You know it’s hard to believe how soon your time is past
And I’m finally home, I’m finally home, finally home, home at last

I’m going back to a place where I belong
I’m going back cause I’ve been away so long
You know it’s part of the plan to see tomorrow in the past
And I’m finally home, I’m finally home, finally home, home at last

You know I’m crazy
I’m lazy too
I’m just sort of hazy
On what to do

But before I’m through, you know I’m gonna change my tune

Don’t know if I should
Don’t know if I oughta
If you leap off a bridge
Expect to hit water

And before I’m through, you know I’m gonna change my tune

Cause I’ve been watching you closely
You’re developing style
It’s up to you mostly, don’t be scared to try
Cause who’s to say that it ain’t any good
Who knows the way back out of these woods

And before I’m through, you know I’m gonna change my tune

We’ll I’ve been sitting here singing a song
Brightens up my day
And if I close my eyes I can almost make
My lonesome blues fade away

It’s the same old words and the same old tune
Done the same old way
You don’t have to listen very hard to hear what I have to say

But it won’t take long till I’m back on my feet again
Paying my bills with a song
Soon I’ll be trading in my solitude
For some three part harmony

Well it don’t take long for influence to grow
You’ve had your effect on me
And just like the way that the gravity calls,
Your energy is drawing me

It’s the same old words and the same old tune
Done the same old way
I feel like something is not quite right
My spirit has drained away