It's not my place To make up your mind for you I'm not a patient person But I can wait for you It's not destiny It's just another thing you can't outrun Your dress was purple-blue You matched the sky The sky was a bruise How do you cope When everything around you is a joke? How do you choose When every way's another way to lose? I can never listen 'Cause it sounds like the same old shit It's selling someone else's youth Back to some younger kids We're caught up now Like a coughing fit We're caught up now And it's tough to get over it How do you cope When everything around you is a joke? How do you choose When every way's another way to lose? How do you cope When everything around you is a joke? How do you choose When every way's another way to lose?

How my thoughts they spin me 'round And how my thoughts they let me down And how my thoughts they spin me 'round And how my thoughts they let me down And how my dreams they spin me 'round And how my dreams they let me down And how my thoughts they spin me 'round And how my thoughts they let me down And then there's you Then there's you And then there's you Then there's you And how my love it spins me 'round And how my love it's let me down And how my thoughts they spin me 'round And how my thoughts they let me down And then there's you Then there's you And then there's you Then there's you You know I know the tune well I've written it all myself, if you can't tell With a melody that climbs and then falls, then falls, then falls Without you, without you How my days they spin me 'round And how today it sets me down And how my days they spin me 'round And how today it sets me down Alongside you Alongside you Alongside you

I'm not gonna try and make it even You're way ahead by now I'm not gonna try and make it all even Even though I know how And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun I'm not gonna tell my new friends about you No, I'm gonna let that slide I'm gonna be lazy when I write about you Even though it takes all my might And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun I'm gonna get back to believing It's been a long, long time now I'm gonna get up and make it look easy Even though I don't know how I'm not gonna try and make it even I'm way behind by now No, I'm not gonna try and make it all even Even though I know how And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun And everyone thinks I dodged a bullet But I think I shot the gun

In this proud land we grew up strong We were wanted all along I was taught to fight, taught to win I never thought I could fail No fight left or so it seems I am a man whose dreams have all deserted I've changed my face, I've changed my name But no one wants you when you lose Don't give up 'Cause you have friends Don't give up You're not beaten yet Don't give up I know you can make it good Though I saw it all around Never thought I could be affected Thought that we'd be the last to go It is so strange the way things turn Drove the night toward my home The place that I was born, on the lakeside As daylight broke, I saw the earth The trees had burned down to the ground Don't give up You still have us Don't give up We don't need much of anything Don't give up 'Cause somewhere there's a place Where we belong Rest your head You worry too much It's gonna be alright When times get rough You can fall back on us Don't give up Please don't give up I've gotta walk out of here I can't take anymore I'm gonna stand on that bridge Keep my eyes down below Oh, whatever may come And whatever may go That river's flowing Oh, that river's flowing Moved on to another town Tried hard to settle down For every job, so many men So many men no-one needs Don't give up You have friends And don't give up I'm proud of who you are Don't give up And I believe there's a place Where we belong

This one's for the lonely, the one's that seek and find Only to be let down, time after time This one's for the torn down, the experts at the fall Come on friends, get up now, you're not alone at all Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh And this part was for her and this part was for her This part was for her, does she remember? It comes and goes in waves, I This one's for the faithless, the ones that are surprised They're only where they are now, regardless of their fight This one's for believing, if only for its sake Come on friends, get up now, love is to be made Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh And this part was for her and this part was for her This part was for her, does she remember? It comes and goes in waves, I Am only led to wonder why It comes and goes in waves, I Am only led to wonder why Why I try This is for the ones who stand For the ones who try again For the ones who need a hand For the ones who think they can It comes and goes in waves, I Am only led to wonder why It comes and goes in waves, I Am only led to wonder why Why I fly