Gray

Darling, we might not ever look like those families
In the stock picture frames or on old time TV
There ain’t no white fence around this life we have
We’re two runaways on a one-way ticket track

And if I’m not the man you bargained for
And the bright red love you bought me for is gone
Will you lie here under star drowned skies
And look me in the eyes when I say
These are our hard times
Say you’ll stay

I see the scars you keep underneath your skin
Drawn in like a map of all the places your heart’s been
The man I am ain’t nothing but holes in a tattered soul
Threads of grace, hemmed with faith
They’re strongest stitches sewn

And if I’m not the man you bargained for
And the bright red love you bought me for is gone
Will you lie here under star drowned skies
And look me in the eyes when I say
These are our hard times
Say you’ll stay

And if I’m not the man you bargained for
And the bright red love you bought me for is gone
Will you lie here under star drowned skies
And look me in the eyes when I say
These are our hard times
Say you’ll stay

I've been working like a dog, day and night
Trying to finish up this job, and do it right
There’s only a few things that a man like me needs
Jesus, whiskey and you right next to me

Hey, honey, I’m coming home
Don’t know why I’ve been gone so long
Said, hey honey I’m coming home to you
Hey honey promise please
That you’re gonna leave the light on for me
Said, hey honey I’m coming home soon
You know what we’re gonna do

Heaven knows that you've put your time in, too
Hell of a woman, sweet red wine and high heel shoes
Let’s get one thing straight it ain’t about you what you do for me
I’m gonna love you and I love you loving me

Hey, honey, I’m coming home
Don’t know why I’ve been gone so long
Said, hey honey I’m coming home to you
Hey honey promise please
That you’re gonna leave the light on for me
Said, hey honey I’m coming home soon
You know what we’re gonna do

Packed our bags and we headed west
Thought that it might be the best thing for us
But I was thinking about me
All the things that we’d leave behind
Family and a peace of mind
But I got you

I am gonna love you ’til the stars go out
A shelter up above you ’til they all fall down
We ain't got a lot but we got love
We ain't got a lot but we got love

Floating like feathers in heavy like rain
The two of us together can weather any change
That comes our way
Nothing here really feels like home
Home is who you’re with when you don’t feel alone anymore

I am gonna love you ’til the stars go out
A shelter up above you ’til they all fall down
We ain't got a lot but we got love
We ain't got a lot but we got love

Ooooo-ooooo-oooo
Ooooo-ooooo-oooo

I am gonna love you ’til the stars go out
A shelter up above you ’til they all fall down
We ain't got a lot but we got love
We ain't got a lot but we got love

Rivers winding round words in my head
Shivering pines say that summer is dead
Chest feels hollow and my hands are numb
Do my best to swallow all the things I’ve done


When you break your back but you still don’t have bread
But you won’t go back on the things that you said
You bled your heart out and it took every drop
You’ve come too far now to ever stop

Wash me in the water and I’ll never go back
Even when I’m walking through Deadman Pass

You can’t trust a man because he’ll just let you down
Crooked and twisted we grow from the ground
From dust, we came and dust we shall return
From dust, we came and dust we shall return

Wash me in the water and I’ll never go back
Even when I’m walking through Deadman Pass

Wash me in the water and I’ll never go back
Even when I’m walking through Deadman Pass

I’ve been there before
When you feel the ache of a heartbreak
And you don't think you’ll ever climb out
Call all your friends and they all say the same thing
You’re better off without
But they won’t see the silver lining
When you’re under cover’s hiding

Hey now little mama
Don’t you think you outta
Love again, once again
You’re knocked down but you gotta
Stand up if you wanna
Love again, once again

Warm weather’s coming and lovers will lose their wanting
We’re all searching for something in every little belonging
Don’t you let your mind grow weary
Nothing worth it should be easy

Hey now little mama
Don’t you think you outta
Love again, once again
You’re knocked down but you gotta
Stand up if you wanna
Love again, once again

Built this thing from the ground up out of nothing
No flight plan, no manual to be found
You and I
We’re driving in the dark without headlights
Trying to find our way

Hard tellin’ where we’ll be in the coming days
But I’ll be there with you
Hard tellin’ where we’ll be in the coming days
But I’ll be there with you
I’ll be here with you

Built a wall around my heart to stop the bleeding
Mortar made of all the words that I should’ve said to you
We’re walking through the fire and smoke clouds
Tryin’ to find our way

Hard tellin’ where we’ll be in the coming days
But I’ll be there with you
Hard tellin’ where we’ll be in the coming days
But I’ll be there with you
I’ll be here with you

Heart is made of blood and stone
Beats against this cage of bone and I wonder
Will it ever free my soul?

Cause I’ve been serving twenty-some years
In the same old body with the same old fears
Following me around like a shadow

I can feel it
Something good is coming down the line
I can see it
Come tomorrow it’s all gonna be alright
I’ve been dying
To be alive

City lights burn like fires
Off into the darkest nights and I wonder
If my name will fade away
Cause I’ve been chasing down this dream
Since I was only seventeen
But what is fame if you forget your reasons?

I can feel it
Something good is coming down the line
I can see it
Come tomorrow it’s all gonna be alright
I’ve been dying
To be alive

I can feel it
Something good is coming down the line
I can see it
Come tomorrow it’s all gonna be alright
I’ve been dying
To be alive

Son of a man who worked his fingers to the bone
Just trying to make something out of nothing, you know
Never wanted silver, gold or the finer things
Just a wife, kids, a home and the American dream

Whoa-oh-ohhhh I ain’t gonna step in line
Whoa-oh-ohhhh baby this is our time
To rewrite
Our American Dream

I wanna see the world from the edge of my seat
Through a big windshield or plane, not a tv screen
Don’t you need the road to tell you who you really are
Find out whether or not a man could ever change his stars

Whoa-oh-ohhhh I ain’t gonna step in line
Whoa-oh-ohhhh baby this is our time
To rewrite
Our American Dream

Whoaaaa-oh-oh-ohhhh Whoaaa-oh-oh-ohhhh-oh
Whoaaaa-oh-oh-ohhhh I ain’t gonna step in line

Young man not much younger than I
Don't you know that you've got your whole life
To be worried about the things that are bringing you down

Will you fall in love, will you get the girl
You've been dreaming of ways that you'll save the world
From past mistakes of the human race

You've got time
But everybody says it passes you by
Don’t go thinking that’s how it has to be
You'll ask why
And you’ll learn by breaking your bones
It'll all be answered at the coming of the sun
For now be young

Monsters and beggars will beat at your door
And it’s hard to tell who you’re not anymore
Don’t go trading a number for your last name

You've got time
But everybody says it passes you by
Don’t go thinking that’s how it has to be
You'll ask why
And you’ll learn by breaking your bones
It'll all be answered at the coming of the sun
For now be young

I’ll take my chances
I believe in dancing
When the times get hard I ain’t afraid to work
I watch the sunrise like it’s the last time

I might ever get to see her smile
I’ll never know
Why I was born to go
But maybe I don’t need to understand it

I’ll take my chances
I watched love die
And I let love go
I’ve been the man with the gun
And the innocent one on the run
I pulled the trigger
On the safest bet
I looked the devil in the eye
And smelled the whiskey on his breath

I’ll never know
Why I was born to go
But maybe I don’t need to understand it
I’ll take my chances

I met a man who was out on his own
He chose to wander this world all alone
He said Heaven can’t help me I’m so far away
From where they found me on that day

Mm—mm-mm on and on he goes into the night
Mm—mm-mm waging war with demons in his mind
And he goes on

He lost his lover when his house burned down
Now he’ll never love another until they put him in the ground
Well they may have taken everything he owned
But they could never take away the love he’s known

Mm—mm-mm on and on he goes into the night
Mm—mm-mm waging war with demons in his mind
And he goes on

Honey on my lips when I tell them your name
What’s sweeter than this?
The taste of the suns soft warm kiss

Now I hear you in my heart
Like a solid tempo drum
Beating 1, 2, 3 and 4 always on my mind
Forever more, forever more

Scars as deep as deep can go
Heavy on my soul
But you see all I am and still you
Aren’t letting go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Born to run, but don’t let me go

Set fire to my trails
I’m all burned up when daylight comes
But you know where to find me
you’re the only one that I believe in

Scars as deep as deep can go
Heavy on my soul
But you see all I am and still you
Aren’t letting go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Born to run, but don’t let me go

Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go
Don’t let me go

I’ve come to find, out here on the road
So many men with talent, but only few have the soul
As I’m looking at my face in the water
I am wondering if I am alone

But maybe I’m no better than the man who pays a dollar for a fix
And maybe I’m no different than the ones who are running all of this
I’m just searching for a peace of mind
I’m just a traveler passing through for a time

Around me now, are the parts of experiments
Some have failed, some have flown
I know that I’m more than my failures and tries
I know I’m more, than this emptiness inside

But maybe I’m no better than the man who pays a dollar for a fix
And maybe I’m no different than the ones who are running all of this
I’m just searching for a peace of mind
I’m just a traveler passing through for a time

I woke up in the middle of the night
Opened my eyes said, my oh my, I’m dreamin'
Dreamin’ of you

All my dreams are sweet
When I lay me down to sleep and I dream of you

Don’t give me no fuss, don’t give me no fight
There’s only one thing in the middle of the night I need
And that’s dreamin’ of you

All my dreams are sweet
When I lay me down to sleep and I dream of you

You can tell your mama and your daddy too
Your brother and your sisters and your best friends too
I’m dreamin', dreamin’ of you

All my dreams are sweet
When I lay me down to sleep and I dream of you