I really don't know where this story began My friend Houston had got himself a girl Swank is her name, she's got the best of him And he's got the best of her in the palm of their hand And they could care less what's comin' up Sometimes their future doesn't have much luck This wigged-out thing called love They make it kinda rough And they don't really mind They're on their own They said this has been motionless orbit flight Around each other, intoxicating their minds Dancing in the street under suburban lights They stumbled to the concrete without a hurt And they could care less what's comin' up Sometimes their future doesn't have much luck This wigged-out thing called love They make it kinda rough And they don't really mind They're on their own To love, lose, and control So you better hold on As they walked together in time Leavin' all the drunks behind This wigged-out thing called love They make it kinda rough But they don't really mind They're on their own, own

Hey, man, where'd you get your tan? Oh, I'd like to have some sun in me See, I like the sun, but I start to run The moment that the sun runs from me I am a sundowner So, live in me I am a sundowner Don't let the sun run from me Hey, Ma, where'd you find Pa? Oh, I'd like to have some company See, I like a crowd, but I don't know how To keep one surrounding me I am a sundowner So, live in me I am a sundowner Don't let the sun go down on me, me Oh, I went to the market, but the market was closed Sign on the window said, "The hours devour us" So, I went to the river and it said, "Come here, let me whisper in your ear" And it pulled me under So, I went to the Lord, but the Lord said, "No, you're not welcome here anymore" So, I went to the sky, but the sky was closed Said, "I don't know where I'm gonna go, I am a wandering soul Through the back of what I know" I am a sundowner Please Don't let the sun go down on me, me Hey, man, where'd you get your tan? Oh, I'd like to have that sun in me See, I like the sun, but I start to run The moment that the sun runs from me I am a sundowner So, live in me I am a sundowner Don't let the sun go down on...

I hate you for what you did And I miss you like a little kid I faked it every time but that's alright I can hardly feel anything I hardly feel anything at all You gave me fifteen hundred To see your hypnotherapist I only went one time, you let it slide Fell on hard times a year ago Was hoping you would let it go And you did I have emotional motion sickness Somebody roll the windows down There are no words in the English language I could scream to drown you out I'm on the outside looking through You're throwing rocks around your room And while you're bleeding on your back in the glass I'll be glad that I made it out And sorry that it all went down like it did I have emotional motion sickness Somebody roll the windows down There are no words in the English language I could scream to drown you out Why do you sing with an English accent? I guess it's too late to change it now You know I'm never gonna let you have it But I will try to drown you out You said when you met me you were bored You said when you met me you were bored And you, you were in a band when I was born I have emotional motion sickness I try to stay clean and live without And I want to know what would happen If I surrender to the sound Surrender to the sound

Dear God, do you forgive me? I'm so sorry Dear God Dear God I'm so, so sorry I'm so sorry, I'll try never to do it again Please forgive me Please forgive me I'm so sorry I'm so sorry Dear God, do you forgive me? I'm so, so sorry I'm so, so sorry I'm so sorry, I'll try to never do it again I'm so sorry, I'll try never to do it again Amen Congratulations, congratulations You have survived, oh, you stayed alive This life is a killer, but, oh, what a riot Just to wake up each morning, just to open your eyes You got a beautiful body and a beautiful mind Oh, my baby girl, you're one of a kind They'll say Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations I go down to the station to the little salutations To the travels with patience, oh, congratulations All this coming and going, oh, it just gets old I want to stay here with you and our beautiful home And count our blessings and count our friends And pray to God it never comes to an end I'll say Dear God, please forgive me Dear God, please forgive me Dear God, please forgive me Congratulations on your beautiful life Oh, my baby girl, you'll live 'til you're dead And they say, congratulations

All the people you knew were all mad at you All the people you knew crowded the avenue If you're not appearing then you're disappearing If you're not appearing then you'll disappear You're looking pale, here, take a vitamin Open the door, please, let some sunshine in If you're not appearing then you're disap- If you're not appearing then you'll disap- If you go down to Memphis Please don't go swimming in the Mississippi River If you must, if you do, ooh Take off your jacket and take off your boots Just don't wash up on Beale

Everybody talking 'bout one, two, three, four Everybody talking 'bout one, two, three, four Everybody do the one, two, three, four Everybody talking 'bout one, two, three Well, you know I'd walk a mile just to die Gotta learn what that door is for Gotta learn what that door is for Gotta learn what that door is for Gotta learn what that door is for Well you know I'd walk a mile just to die, die, die, die, die Bad luck coming up Good luck is gone Bad luck coming up Good luck is gone And the mile that I speak of is the one I'm on Whoo! Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, Tommy They were all my friends And they died

Have you seen my lover with her long blonde hair? Everything we did just went so wrong Last time that I saw her, she was standing there Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone Where she's gone, Lord Where she's gone, Lord Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone And have you seen my mother She's out looking for my father? Didn't think that she'd be gone this long He's gone where you can't go but I let her have her fun Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone Where she's gone, Lord Where she's gone, Lord Now, I've come to wonder where she's gone And what about my sister? She looks just like me Looking into her is like a mirror And when we were young We weren't two but one Sometimes I come to wonder where she's gone Where she's gone, Lord Where she's gone Without a kingdom Without a bed over my head Don't believe what they told you Believe what you heard or what I said And now I go down, towards the water In which we cried And now I go down, towards the dirt In which we died, died, died, died Destroyer (destroyer) Destroyer (destroyer) And, oh, what about me? I'm out wandering the streets Silently carrying a song Until it gets too loud And it comes rushing out of my mouth Oh, you'll probably wonder where I've gone Where I've gone, Lord Where I've gone, Lord Oh, you'll probably wonder where I've gone Destroyer Destroyer (destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer) (Destroyer)

When I was young, just under 21 I tore my town apart by emptying my loaded gun Into the atmosphere, catching bodies along the way And now the Lord can't help me, and there ain't no god to save A wretch like me A wretch like me A wretch like me My family is upset, but I'm still their baby boy Who's never gone nowhere alone, but now I ain't got no choice I'm going down, I'm going down I'm going down, down, down, I'm going down Oh, but I don't wanna go to hell No, I don't wanna go to hell But if the devil is a bully Then I guess I might as well still be alive And at the football games, everyone will know my name Won't matter if they're local, or they're in from outta state The innocent boy turned dangerous who went to the mall that day He grew up in the foothills He went to that mall to slay And like a bad dream, that feels so real That it can't be, but it is still And like a nightmare taken out of sleep It hits you in the morning like a newspaper at your feet My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign Cryin' on my mama's shoulders holdin' my daddy's hand Look into my sister's eyes, I know it's hard to understand That what I did, won't be forgiven And what I did, is neverending But look up at the school and tell me What do you see? There's something wrong with all of them There's nothing wrong with me My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign My name will reign, reign My name will reign When I was young, just under 21 I tore my town apart by emptying my loaded gun Into the atmosphere, catching bodies along the way And now the Lord can't help me, and there ain't no god to save A wretch like me