St. Nick don't exist anymore And Oz was just a lonely man It's so damn hard to believe in anything again Wise is the optimist But truth is I don't understand Haven't figured out much of anything What a strange world Strange world, strange world 'Round and 'round and 'round it goes Heroes fall like dominoes We try to help it, but we won't All we know is that we don't 'Round and 'round and 'round we go The chips will fall, and so it goes And it's all out of our control All we know is that we don't Is this all there is? Preachers and rocket ships Have never quite made any sense of it, yeah Paul says, "Let it be" But the other said, "The test is key" I say, "Where's the line between real and fantasy?" In this strange world Strange world, strange world, hey 'Round and 'round and 'round it goes Heroes fall like dominoes We try to help it, but we won't All we know is that we don't 'Round and 'round and 'round we go The chips will fall, and so it goes And it's all out of our control All we know is that we don't All we know is that we don't We don't, we don't Strange world, strange world, strange world 'Round and 'round and 'round it goes Heroes fall like dominoes (Yeah, yeah, yeah) We try to help it but we won't (We won't) All we know is that we don't (Yeah) 'Round and 'round and 'round we go (We go) The chips will fall, and so it goes (And so it goes) And it's all out of our control All we know is that we don't Strange, strange Strange world

For all we know we may never meet again Before you go make this moment sweet again We won't say "Good night" until the last minute I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it For all we know this may only be a dream We come and go like a ripple on a stream So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come for all we know So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some Tomorrow may never come for all we know

We've tried so hard to understand But we can't We held the world out in our hands And you ran away It takes some time to let you go And it shows 'Cause all we know is falling, it falls And remember 'cause I know that we won't forget at all Now we could follow you back home But we won't Is this what you had waited for? Just to be alone? It takes some time to let you go And it shows 'Cause all we know is falling, it falls And remember 'cause I know that we won't forget at all You never You never said This wasn't what you wanted Was it? Was it? This isn't what you wanted This isn't what you wanted 'Cause all we know is falling, it falls And remember 'cause I know that we won't forget at all

I know you're gone, I watched you leave I always thought that it was me You made it clear with that last kiss You couldn't live a life with maybe's and what if's When every boat has sailed away And every path is marked and paved When every road has had its say Then I'll be bringing you back home to stay I have the cards you sent to me You wrote of trains and Paris galleries This spring you'll draw Canals, and frescoed walls Look how far your dreaming's gone When every town looks just the same When every choice gets hard to make When every map is put away Then I'll be bringing you back home to stay And now I know why you had to go alone Isn't there a place between When every boat has sailed away And every path is marked and paved When every road has had its say Then I'll be bringing you back home to stay Reach out to me, call out my name And I would bring you back again today

I don't work harder when it's easy I put in work when it's hard Girl I never believed in love until I had yours This is more than a season And I'm not just sprung I'm not afraid to tell you that you're the one The one I wake up thinking about The one I can run to when I'm feeling down Life is all good when you're around Girl nobody from the past is beating you right now 'Cause I'll take you home to mama Let you meet my friends 'Cause you don't come with drama So I want you 'til the world ends You're way more than worth it But I don't feel like I deserve it You got the pieces, you're my kind of perfect I don't work hard when it's easy I put in work when it's hard And girl I never believed in love until I had yours This is more than a season and I'm not just sprung I'm not afraid to tell you, that you're the one I'm the one I wake up thinking about The one I can run to when I'm feeling down Life is all good when you're around Girl nobody from the past is beating you right now 'Cause I'll take you home to mama I'll let you meet my friends 'Cause you don't come with drama So I want you 'til the world ends You're way more than worth it And I don't feel like I deserve it You got the pieces, you're my kind of perfect You're my kind of perfect Whoa-oh Whoa-oh, whoa-oh Whoa-oh I'll take you home, home, home to mama Oh-oh-oh

Yeah! When I pulled out of Basra, they all wished me luck Just like they always did before With a bulletproof screen on the hood of my truck And a Bradley on my back door And I wound her up and I shifted her down And I offered this prayer to my Lord I said, "God get me back home to Houston alive" And I won't drive a truck anymore Yes, early in mornin', I'm rollin' fast Haulin' nine thousand gallons of high test gas Sergeant on the radio hollerin' at me Said, "Look out up ahead here come a R P G" If I ever get home to Houston alive Then I won't drive a truck anymore Well, I've driven the big rigs for all of my life And my radio handle's train Down steep mountain roads on the darkest of nights I had ice water in my veins And I come over here 'cause I just didn't care Now I'm older and wiser by far Yeah, if I ever get home to Houston alive Then I won't drive a truck anymore Yeah, great God Almighty, what was wrong with me? I know the money's good, buddy can't you see You can't take it with you and ain't no lie I don't wanna let 'em get me, I'm too young to die If I ever get home to Houston alive Then I won't drive a truck anymore

(Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la) (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la) (Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la) (Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la) They love me when I'm home but I'm never there We like it here but it's better there We like it here but it's better there Yeah, we like it here but it's better there Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la (Yeah, we like it here but it's better there) (Yeah, we like it here but it's better there) Most the ends behind the steel gates Some man experiencing some real pain See some old friends and wonder if we're still mates Couple brothers movin' shaky since the deal came Long as the - bills paid Tried not to but I still changed Most the girls I met are solid with some good hearts But the ones who done me wrong, I hope it still aches, yeah You could bang me up for life, I'd be handlin' it right Boy, I got Manny in my core (Core), yeah All the cameras and the lights, main attraction for the night If I get anti, they get bored (Bored), yeah What's the damage on the price? By now there ain't much we can't actually afford (Afford), yeah But what's cash without a life? Three months I ain't even seen my family, I'm on tour (Tour) Went from trappin' on a bike to a lavish livin' life Bro standin' up in court (Court), yeah Pack your bag, we got a flight Tell mum and dad I love 'em, I'll be back again for sure (For sure) Pack your bag, we got a ride Ain't my brother You can't come if you won't - for me and more (More) You get a fraction of my life but the rest, you don't know nothin' So don't act like you're on course (Course) They love me when I'm home but I'm never there We like it here but it's better there We like it here but it's better there Yeah, we like it here but it's better there Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la Say a prayer before I hit the stage Tell God to please forgive me if I misbehave I ain't perfect but I'm learning, all this shit's a game I know people 'round me lurking, tryna build a name - 'em all, I hope they're living straight Still wonder how they're copin' since I been away In the bits, they put a hole in you for little change At this point stayin' local's just a big mistake But how the - I'm supposed to leave When my brothers are in need? I still got cousins in the streets, yeah Went from Nuthurst to the Quays Came runnin' straight back, - weren't as comfy as it seems, yeah All this money I don't need But ain't made enough to quit, looks like I'm doubling the fees, yeah Take me home, I just want peace Losing focus, this ain't me, I ain't been sober for a week Only happy when I'm close to home Need no one but my family if they went, I couldn't hold my own Mom and dad had twins, one of them with extra chromosomes So I'ma stay by 'em till somebody turns me Holy Ghost They love me when I'm home but I'm never there We like it here but it's better there We like it here but it's better there Yeah, we like it here but it's better there Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la They love me when I'm home but I'm never there We like it here but it's better there We like it here but it's better there Yeah, we like it here but it's better there Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la Oh-ooh-woah-oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh, la-la-la-la Oh-oh