I shoulda known it, I shoulda seen
Leave it to you to treat me mean
Every promise was just a runaround
I shoulda known it, yeah, you're gonna let me down
[Chorus]
It's over now, you see
That's the last time you're gonna hurt me
I shoulda known it, hard to believe
It was all right there in front of me
Sold down the river, left for dead
Yeah, you're putting ideas in another man's head
[Chorus]
Thanks for nothing, thanks a lot
Go ahead, baby, take all I've got
[Chorus]
That's the last time you'rе gonna hurt me
[Verse 1]
It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin'
Trees went by, me and Del were singin' little Runaway
I was flyin'
[Chorus]
Yeah, runnin' down a dream that never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream
[Verse 2]
I felt so good, like anything was possible
Hit cruise control and rubbed my eyes
The last three days the rain was unstoppable
It was always cold, no sunshine
[Chorus]
Yeah, runnin' down a dream that never would come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream
[Bridge]
I rolled on, the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
There's something good waitin' down this road
I'm pickin' up whatever's mine
[Chorus]
I'm runnin' down a dream that never would've come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
Runnin' down a dream
Yeah, I'm runnin' down a dream that never would've come to me
Workin' on a mystery, goin' wherever it leads
I'm runnin' down a dream
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 1]
You know sometimes, I don't know why
But this old town just seems so hopeless
I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times
Were just a little bit more in focus
But when she puts her arms around me
I can somehow rise above it
Yeah, man, when I got that little girl standin' right by my side
You know, I can tell the whole wide world to shove it, hey!
[Chorus]
Here comes my girl
Here comes my girl
Yeah, and she looks so right
She is all I need tonight
[Verse 2]
Every now and then I get down to the end of the day
I have to stop and ask myself why I've done it
It just seems so useless to have to work so hard
And nothin' ever really seems to come from it
And then she looks me in the eye and says, "We're gonna last forever"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, 'cause it just feels so good, and so free, and so right
I know we ain't never gonna change our minds about it, hey!
[Chorus]
Here comes my girl
Here comes my girl
Yeah, and she looks so right
She is all I need tonight
[Bridge]
Watch her walk
[Verse 3]
Every time it seems like there ain't nothin' left no more
I find myself having to reach out and grab hold of something
Yeah, I just catch myself wondering, waiting, and worrying
About some silly little things that don't add up to nothin'
And then she looks me in the eye and says, "We're gonna last forever"
And man, you know I can't begin to doubt it
No, 'cause it just feels so good, and so free, and so right
I know we ain't never gonna change our minds about it, hey!
[Chorus]
Here comes my girl
Here comes my girl
Yeah, and she looks so right
She is all I need tonight
[Outro]
That's right
That's right
Oh!
[Verse 1]
Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life somewhere else
After all, it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die tryin', she
Had one little promise she was gonna keep
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl
[Verse 2]
Well, it was kinda cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony (Ooh)
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441 like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God, it's so painful when something that is so close
Is still so far out of reach
[Chorus]
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night (Make it last all night)
She was an American girl (Ooh)
Baby, you'll come knocking on my front door
Same old line you used to use before
I said yeah, well what am I supposed to do?
I didn't know what I was getting into
[Chorus]
So you've had a little trouble in town
Now you're keeping some demons down
Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around
It's hard to think about what you've wanted
It's hard to think about what you've lost
This doesn't have to be the big get even
This doesn't have to be anything at all
I know you really wanna tell me goodbye
I know you really wanna be your own girl
[Chorus]
Baby, you could never look me in the eye
Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the world
Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around
People running 'round loose in the world
Ain't got nothing better to do
Make a meal of some bright-eyed kid
You need someone looking after you
I know you really wanna tell me goodbye
I know you really wanna be your own girl
[Chorus]
Baby, you could never look me in the eye
Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the world
Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my
Stop draggin' my heart around
Stop draggin' my heart around
Stop draggin' my heart around
Stop draggin' my heart around
Stop draggin' my heart around
Take my horse down to the water
Let him graze awhile
Take my horse down to the water
Let him graze awhile
I have not been down these roads
Since I was a child
I ain't broke and I ain't hungry
But I'm close enough to care
I ain't broke and I ain't hungry
But I'm close enough to care
Send my things to my niece, Laura
She'll keep 'em for me there
[Chorus]
I forgive it all
I forgive it all
With her
I forgive it all
There ain't no money in this deal
I just tag along
There ain't no money in this deal
I just tag along
Some things I feel right
Somebody else thinks wrong
[Chorus]
I forgive it all
I forgive it all
With her
I forgive it all
People are what people make 'em
And that ain't gonna change
People are what people make 'em
That ain't gonna change
There ain't nothing you can do
Nothing you could rearrange
[Chorus]
But I forgive it all
I forgive it all
With her
I forgive it all
With her
I forgive it all
[Verse 1]
Well, I won't back down
No, I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of Hell
But I won't back down
No, I'll stand my ground
Won't be turned around
And I'll keep this world from draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down
[Chorus]
(I won't back down)
Hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down)
Hey, I will stand my ground (Ooh)
And I won't back down
[Verse 2]
Well, I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
But I'll stand my ground
And I won't back down
[Chorus]
(I won't back down)
Hey, baby, there ain't no easy way out
(I won't back down)
Hey, I will stand my ground (Ooh, I won't back down)
And I won't back down
[Verse 1]
We got somethin', we both know it
We don't talk too much about it
Ain't no real big secret all the same
Somehow we get around it
[Pre-Chorus]
Listen, it don't really matter to me, baby
You believe what you want to believe
[Chorus]
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
[Verse 2]
Somewhere, somehow, somebody
Must have kicked you around some
Tell me why you wanna lay there
And revel in your abandon
[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, it don't make no difference to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
[Chorus]
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No baby, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
[Bridge]
Baby, we ain't the first
I'm sure a lot of other lovers been burned
Right now this seems real to you
But it's one of those things
You got to feel to be true
[Verse 3]
Somewhere, somehow, somebody
Must have kicked you around some
Who knows, maybe you were kidnapped
Tied up, taken away, and held for ransom
[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, it don't really matter to me, baby
Everybody's had to fight to be free
[Chorus]
You see, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
No, you don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
You don't have to live like a refugee
(Don't have to live like a refugee)
[Verse 1]
I dreamed you, I saw your face
Cut my lifeline when drifting through space
[Chorus 1]
I saw an angel, I saw my faith
I can only thank God it was not too late
[Verse 2]
Over mountains, I floated away
Across an ocean, I dreamed her name
[Chorus 2]
I followed an angel down through the gates
I can only thank God it was not too late
[Bridge]
Sing a little song of loneliness
Sing one to make me smile
Another round for everyone
I'm here for a little while
[Verse 3]
Now I'm walking this street on my own
But she's with me everywhere I go
[Chorus 3]
Yeah, I found an angel, I found my place
I can only thank God it was not too late
I can only thank God it was not too late
I can only thank God it was not too late
[Verse 1]
Well, I started out down a dirty road
Started out all aloneAnd the sun went down as I crossed the hill
And the town lit up, the world got still<
[Chorus]
I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
[Verse 2]
Well, the good old days may not return
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn<
[Chorus]
I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly)
But I ain't got wings (Learning to fly)
Coming down (Learning to fly)
Is the hardest thing (Learning to fly)
[Verse 3]
Well, some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I've started out for God knows where
I guess I'll know when I get there
[Chorus]
I'm learning to fly around the clouds
But what goes up (Learning to fly)
Must come down
[Outro]
I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly)
But I ain't got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly)
Around the clouds
But what goes up (Learning to fly)
Must come down
I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly, learning to fly)
I'm learning to fly (Learning to fly, learning to fly)
(Learning to fly, learning to fly)