Stay awhile, when I'm not alone I forget all the anger in me Kiss a tear when the hammer falls They are holding me here in never ending circles I can still remember summer madness I can taste the perfume on your cheek The heat is overcome by coldness, how Consoling words are insignificant Say you'll pray Justify the actions These are days of the mob-rule, sharp tongue, curfew When the mind is in solitary confinement Makes the mood that breaks you There's a spirit seeking liberation Here's a fire with a hungry heart If I listen maybe, time will tell me The reasons why we're torn apart Oh, oh, oh As the years go by Don't make any false promises As the years go by Say you'll pray Here the silence is too loud In a steel barred jail on the other side We invented the difference That weaved the web with which we lied Caught in the middle of a cold war zone I left my lover in a far-off place She'll kiss a tear when the hammer's falling And wipe the darkness from my face Oh, oh, oh As the years go by Don't make any false promises As the years go by Just say you'll pray

In our times of trouble We only had ourselves Nobody else No one there to save us We had to save ourselves Mmmm And when the storms came through They found me and you Back to back together And when the sun would shine It was yours and mine Yours and mine forever Chorus: And oh how the years go by And oh how the love brings tears to my eyes All through the changes The soul never dies We fight, we laugh, we cry As the years go by There were times we stumbled They thought they had us down We came around yeah How we rode and rambled We got lost, we got found Now we're back on solid ground, yeah We took everything All our times would bring In this world of dangers Cause when your heart is strong You know you're not alone In this world of strangers Chorus And if we loose our way Any night or day Well we'll always be Where we should be I'm there for you And I know you're there for me Chorus

Look around, do you see So many things have changed? And you should know by now I never meant to hurt you at all In my life I have been, an outcast But now I'm being reborn And I see things so clear Open your eyes and realize Hard times are over if you want Open your mind Reach for the stars Answer is there for us to find Years go by Never know when it's too late Years go by Yourself, you seal your fate Don't look the answer from horizon It's closer than you think Years go by, oh how, how they go by Years go by Never know when it's too late Years go by Yourself, you seal your fate Don't look the answer from horizon It's closer than you think Years go by

With what the young generation's doing And I'm like, "Yo, man, you really just got to do this, like" Worrying about or tryna figure out What they, if they gon' like it or not Aww man, you gon' have about five years go by Next thing you know, you ain't gon' wanna do this shit no more But you really just gotta do you (Yeah) (Going by) (Going, going, gone, gone, gone, gone) (Going by) (Going, going, gone, gone, gone, gone) Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah (Going by) Go Years go by, where we at right now? (Now) Dog we might be able to relax right now (now) Pressure on me whenever I'm flatlined down I can't keep 'em on my back right now The game called me and said, "Come back right now" (right now) Put the fire on the fuckin' wax right now, yeah (right now) She want all the eggs in one batch right now, but (right, right now) I can't risk that right now, no City on fire, that's 'cause of me and Jack, huh (me and Jack) 50 deuce got the city loose, goin' platinum (goin' platinum) Spit the truth in the booth, give it to the fandom (fandom) Listen boo, I gotta make these anthems Anywho, she went ghost on me, Danny Phantom Single ladies, romance 'em (romance 'em) Hold me baby, no ransom Know me crazy, throwin' tantrums (Yeah) Know me crazy Know me crazy (Baby, baby) Yeah (oh) Years go by (yeah) Years go by (yeah) Years go by Listen up (going by) Huh Yeah, show tonight, hoe it's hype, won't you let go tonight Baby, get closer right, it was meant for you (yeah) Heard it right, bitches ain't sittin' it for you (no) Certified, bonafide, genuine for you, that's (that's real-real) That's a fuckin' synonym for you Givenchy, you like em? I'll send 'em in for you Split it with a nigga, got the dividends for you You down with it, wood brown, cinnamon for you Yeah, you don't live for this life, girl, I know But this is the life I know Yes, it took a little time Just a grown nigga, but I've grown since then And I promise, we gon' keep it solid Keep away all the monsters Fuck this nonsense, no dividin', we conquer It's that anniversary Sing that shit like Tony, sing this chorus and this verse for me Bae it's Gawdtilla (Where you goin'?) ('Fore this time go) (Going, going, gone, gone, gone) Go Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah

As I got on a city bus and found a vacant seat, I thought I saw my future bride walkin' up the street, I shouted to the driver "hey conductor, you must slow down. I think I see her please let me off this bus" Nadine, honey is that you? Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you? Seems like every time I see you darling you got something else to do. I saw her from the corner when she turned and doubled back And started walkin' toward a coffee colored Cadillac I was pushin' through the crowd to get to where shes at And I was campaign shouting like a southern diplomat. Downtown searching for her, looking all around, Saw her getting in a yellow cab heading up town. I caught a loaded taxi, paid up everybodys tab. With a twenty-dollar bill, told him "catch that yellow cab." She moves around like a wave of summer breeze, Go, driver, go, go, catch her balmy breeze. Moving through the traffuc like a mounted cavalier Leaning out the taxi window trying to make her hear.

My baby left me and my mule got lame Lost my money in a poker game A windstorm came just the other day Blew the house that I lived in away I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Started sellin' whiskey, wine, and gin They caught me last week and last night again Now, the sheriff he comes, in sight Walked into my house and caught me shootin' dice I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Carried me away, my pajamas on I even hate that I was born Let me out and I'll go cross town Couldn't find my baby, she'd put me down I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Went to the races, placed my bet My hard luck my horse isn't in yet I go across town after I blows my dough Even landlady changed the lock on the door I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Pawned my watch, pawned my chain I'd a pawned myself, but I was ashamed Got a job on the city pay Late one mornin', laid me off that day So much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind, yeah My baby left me and my mule got lame Lost my money in a poker game A windstorm came just the other day Blew the house that I lived in, away I'm havin' so much trouble, so much trouble So much trouble, I'm about to lose my mind Trouble, trouble, trouble

Elmore James The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street I'm feeling sad and lonely My baby's left me Understanding and a little lovin' A little love is all that I need Understanding and a little lovin' A little love is all that I need But misunderstanding and a no-good woman They both cause my heart to bleed Now every morning The weeping willows weep for me Now every morning baby The weeping willows weep for me The birds sing a little tune I wish they'd sing my baby back home to me The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street The sky is crying Look at the tears roll down the street I'm feeling sad and lonely My baby's left me

I know a cat named Way-out Willie He's got a groovy little chick named Rocking' Lily Yeah, rock'n'rolling Suzie Q Does that crazy old hand jive, too Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive Mama, mama, look at Sister Flo Doing that hand jive with Uncle Joe When I gave little sister a dime I said "Do that hand jive one more time" Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive A doctor, a lawyer and an Indian Chief They all dig that Diddley beat Way-out Willie gave them all a treat When he did that hand jive with his feet Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive Papa told Willie, "You'll ruin my home You and that hand jive have got to go" Willie told Papa, "Don't you put me down They're doing that hand jive all around town" Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive Willie and Lily got married last fall They had a little Willie Junior, and that ain't all Well, the baby got famous in his crib, you see When he did that hand jive on MTV Hand jive, hand jive, hand jive Do that crazy hand jive