Where I'm From

Time keeps pushing onward
it don't care how you feel or what you're going through
you can't count on a thing in this world
cause something changes for everything you do
four years later you aint got a home, you aint got a home to come home to
it's not where i'm from it's where i'm goin
and i'm not quite sure if i ever belongs
now i watch this river keep on flowin
and the only place i called my own is gone
the tree and the rope swing are a grocery store
and every time i turn my back it seems as if they're building more
the simple folk got rich and famous
and did everything they could to change this town
now i'm not around
cause it's not where i'm from it's where i'm goin
and i'm not quite sure if i ever belongs
now i watch this river keep on flowin
and the only place i called my own is gone
and while the city sleeps
i feel the sand beneath my feet
and i remember why it's hard for me
i remember why it's hard to leave
it's not where i'm from it's where i'm goin
and i'm not quite sure if i ever belongs
now i watch this river keep on flowin
and the only place i called my own is gone

Anything and Everything

I'll be honest and tell you everything i feel cause i promised this and owe you just that much
but the past has come and gone and I've held it in for oh so long,
coming clean means everything to me
say that words mean nothing anyway.
to begin with i didn't mean to cause you pain
i was trying to do what i felt was right
and after all that's come this world has left us both undone
seein' you means everything to me
say that words mean something
say you'd give anything and everything to have me by your side
i would give anything and everything to hold you one more time
cause i can't help but notice you anyway
where would i be without you? you've gotten me this far
and i don't think i could make it on my own
and is there anything that i could even say
to change everything and make it fade away
say that words mean something
say you'd give anything and everything to have me by your side
i would give anything and everything to hold you one more time
cause i can't help but notice you anyway

Bedroom Eyes

I keep thinking you'll come knockin' at my door
to apologize for all the nights you spent away from me
and i don't think that it's to much to expect
the life your promised me before you knew this world so well
and I'm waiting for you to find your way back to
the way you were before you fell apart
and I'm sure you'll run away and you'll be just fine
if you can keep me off of your mind
new boy new car new hair new scars
and i can tell it's hard
to keep me off your mind
some things will never fade no matter how hard you pray
and I'll be on your heart until the day you die
and I'm waiting for you to find your way back to
the way you were before you fell apart
and I'm sure you'll run away and you'll be just fine
if you can keep me off of your mind
the reason for your bedroom eyes
and I'll drive to Santa Barbara any day
i could only calm you down if you'd let me
do you remember the day that you met me
and how i missed at our first kiss
when i just got back from Virginia
you're so much better than this
and I'm waiting for you to find your way back to
the way you were before you fell apart
and I'm sure you'll run away and you'll be just fine
if you can keep me off of your mind

Forced to break

I can see you in the distance,
now the dust has all settled for once.
I can feel resistance,
in the words rollin' off of your tongue,
and I'll be patient.
The words that you said haven't left me,
they're still ringing out in my ears.
I've got no doubt you'll forget me
although it might take a few years,
and I'll be patient.
What did I do? What did I say?
What did I put together that forced you to break?
What if I swore that I could change?
what could i do to make you wanna stay?
Now all my time is spent thinking,
sortin' through all the lies and the truth.
I think that my eyes have stopped blinking
cause they're constantly searching for you,
and I'll be right here.
What did I do? What did I say?
What did I put together that forced you to break?
What if I swore that I could change?
what could i do to make you wanna stay?

After All

And after all this time
i still feel like i barely know you
and after all we've said
i'm wondering if i even trust you
and after all the times we said we'd change
i'm thinking that you never meant to
i'm learning to leave without saying goodbye
i'm learning to love without crackin' a smile
you taught me how to lie without battin' an eye
and after all the fights
you think we'd finally figure out how to get along
and after all the times i let you down
and thought i could make up for it by writing you a song
and after all the times i said it was my fault
one hand of mine can count the times that you said you were wrong
i'm learning to leave without saying goodbye
i'm learning to love without crackin' a smile
you taught me how to lie without battin' an eye
i'm learning to leave without saying goodbye

Something Special

I met a man in Nashville,
he said that he'd been throught the war,
said he knew he could trust me
by the harley davidson shirt that I wore;
and he asked for some change
and i said that i was broke to.
He said "Hey you might be broke now, friend
but this life it could never break you
cause you've got something special in your eyes."
It's hard to believe a drunk on the street
when he's talking his way to some change.
He didn't know, in spite all of my efforts
i'm always, i'm always, i'm stayin' the same;
cause i know all of the things that i did.
All the people i've hurt,
and the promises broken,
the times that i failed
and i ran off and hid.
I am nothing special, just another guy.
It's hard to ignore my father
when he's says i've got all this potential.
He said "Son I knew you before you could breathe,
and you're not mediocre or inconsequential.
yeah, you've got something special in your eyes.

Fresh Air

now i can say that i've been around
i don't know it all, but i know a couple things
i've been a thousand places
and i've seen a thousand faces
with eyes that seem empty
you are a breath of fresh air
and i'm sorry if i seem to stare
but i can't feel this anywhere but next to you
i can't feel this anywhere but next to you
and i don't think that i could ever do this on my own
baby when you're next to me i'm home
there's something behind your eyes
that makes it all seem clear
and now i finally understand how much i need you here
cause you are a breath of fresh air
and i'm sorry if i seem to stare
but i can't feel this anywhere but next to you
i can't feel this anywhere but next to you
and i don't think that i could ever do this on my own
baby when you're next to me i'm home

The Way I'm Feeling

i searched through the pages of letter i wrote
tyring to find a way to deal
it doesn't matter how much i try to keep my eyes shut
i got a feeling this is real
so take over sleep.
there's things about this world i'd rather not see
it's the way i'm feeling and it's wrong, i know.
it's the way i'm feeling and i can't let go
so come on lights, why wont you light the way tonight
so you set fire to the letters you wrote
tryin to find a way to deal
it doesn't matter how much you try to wake up
cause you know that this is real
so give in to sleep.
it's easier than thinking about what you did to me
it's the way i'm feeling and it's wrong, i know.
it's the way i'm feeling and i can't let go
so come on lights, why wont you light the way tonight
and so i'll wait where it's hard to breathe
until you feel as if you've got the space you need
and if i know you it wont be a week,
until you're dying to be back here with me
it's the way i'm feeling
it's the way i'm feeling
it's just the way i'm feeling now.

Arizona

She packed her suitcase and she moved Arizona
before she turned 16
now two years later i pick up the telephone and
she tells me she is getting married
so i say, what's you're hurry baby
you ain't even 18
cause what you run from is what's gonna chase you down
and i can't tell why i can't make you see
that it'll never be easy
as long as you're breathing
just stay who you are
hold on hold on
maybe you were just born to fight the stars
I packed up my sedan and i just started driving
cause i was tired of the scene
if this is what it takes to start feeling alive then
feeling alive aint for me
i tried to change the outside
but i couldn't change a thing
cause what you run from is whats gonna chase you down
and i can't tell why i couldn't see
that it'll never be easy
as long as you're breathing
just stay who you are
hold on hold on
maybe you were just born to fight the stars
and if i throw up a rope and i pull down the moon for you
then we could disregard the fact that this is hard
and do what we were born to do
it'll never be easy
as long as you're breathing
just stay who you are
hold on hold on
maybe you were just born to fight the stars