It's getting late and I'm getting torn
Between a lonely night and an ugly morn
I don't even know if I can hold my own
But what can I do for you?
My feet are hurting from walking on a wire
But I can't be a lover if I won't be a liar
I'm not too sure how it's supposed to be
But I can't love nothing that don't love me
Pick my feet up off the ground
No floor below and no walls around me
Ain't afraid of dying
If I ain't falling I must be flying
You're getting bored when you're living fast
You can only be sure when your time is past
A well laid plan is all right if
You're a dying man or a working stiff
I can't keep walking in my father's shoes
Doing the sidewalk shuffle to the highway blues
If I ain't working from sun to sun
I'm never gonna hate the things I've done
I've talked to people who say they've seen it all
Who say that I'd only listen I would heed the call
If you think you can believe it cause you've seen it with your
eyes
Just because you ain't burning, you think it's paradise
Faith is forever and fame is temporary
But you can't cross the Jordan on the Staten Island Ferry
You might as well eat it if you've already picked it
Cause you can't ride to heaven on a round trip ticketI was never much at findin words to say what's on my mind,
even dare describe what you mean to me, would take a whole lifetime
so if it don't come out like shakespeare, or perfect poetry
well just remember this, you're the only reason for me
who I am, and what I'm for, and why I'm here it ain't a mystery no more
you're(you are) the power behind my every dream
you're the only reason for me
diamonds and gold treasures untold once beheld this heart of mine
riches of the earth carry no worth if the soul's left unsatisfied
ain't the years that's made the difference, in the man this world now sees
it's you, it's you, just you
you're the only reason for me
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you're the only reason for me