All this time I have followed the rules And I've lived the perfect life Alright By somebody else's standards All this time I did not feel too bad But I was not what you call happy Not really I was searching for something And all this time you were standing by And all this time you were waiting All this time I've been living a lie And I even fooled myself completely Now I'm really ready Right or wrong I will follow your course And if you go down I'll drown So save me I'm not as strong as I look yea All this time I've been saying No But all this time I've been meaning Yes I'm ready to take your hand Follow you into the promise land Ooh yeah, let's talk about it I'm a fool for you Ducking and diving 'Cos I'm a fool for you All this time I've been saying No But all this time I've been meaning Yes I'm ready to take your hand Follow you into the promise land

These rivers run too deep With schemes of men for days that lay ahead They sell their souls so cheap They breed mistrust and fill my heart with dread When did the boy become a man And lose his life to learn? So much confusion to this plan These times are not changing Show me the love to keep us together Open up your hearts, don't turn me away Comfort me through this stormy weather From where I stand, I see a broken land This boy has learned to fail In times like these to cry seems so absurd His own life's crises pale In the shadow of this truly dying world These are the games we played at school Our hands raised in despair With no exception to the rule These times are not changing Show me the love to keep us together Open up your hearts, don't turn me away Comfort me through this stormy weather From where I stand, I see a broken land Where is the love to keep us together? Open up your hearts, don't turn me away Comfort me through this stormy weather From where I stand, I see a broken land

Woman, woman I know you better Probably even better Than you even know yourself by now Now woman, where do you think you're going? You know you're not going To get any further than your mama's house Before you turn around and come running back I know this and you know that You're just mad and there's a chance A really good chance that I'm wrong again I usually am But girl you know as sure as rain I'm always right about one thing I know a little fight can change I'm your man, you're my woman Woman you know I'm sorry For me being such a sorry Lousy, inconsiderate so and so So woman now that we've got that over How 'bout we skip over the part where you leave me Standing in your dust and start making up Glad to have you back I know this and you know that You're just mad and there's a chance A really good chance that I'm wrong again I usually am But girl you know as sure as rain I'm always right about one thing I know a little fight can change I'm your man, you're my woman I know this and you know that You're just mad and there's a chance A really good chance that I'm wrong again I usually am But girl you know as sure as rain I'm always right about one thing I might be a pain but still the fact remains I'm your man, you're my woman

City sun goes down at night Makin' way for Neon lights Country boy is looking at the moon City girl is dressed just right She may stay out late tonight Country boy just plowed today till noon From Birmingham to Ohio How they met nobody knows Every now and then they get together She used to wanna climb the walls She'd never really been loved at all Not until ol' country came to town He's the first one to the room Ice and drinks will be up soon Everything is perfect when she walks in They kiss and hold each other tight They know what's in store tonight Thery're not someplace they have never been From Birmingham to Ohio How they met nobody knows Every now and then they get together She used to wanna climb the walls She'd never really been loved at all Not until ol' country came to town She used to wanna climb the walls She'd never really been loved at all Not until ol' country came to town