Can't Let Go - Alison Krauss

Yeah, yeah, yeah All I never wanted was a starring role But when I finally got, then I wanted more All the options in the world, but I can't decide I'll pay the price whether I fall or rise Wanna live my life doing what I want Don't wanna be a prophet or a debutante Well, I'm gonna stay true to who I am Yeah, I'm gonna be strong, be everything I can Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh Why is someone else's problem easy to see But all of mine's illusions? They don't work on me Oh, baby, you can change, you can be anything But if you stay the same, there's no one else to blame Let it go, can't let go Let it go, can't let go Let it go, can't let go Yeah, we can't let go of what we can't control Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh Tried to micromanage the way you see me But the more it seems to matter, worse it seems to be Can't always understand, can't see eye to eye So I look inside and find a compromise Let it go, can't let go Let it go, can't let go Let it go, hey, can't let go Yeah, we can't let go of what we can't control Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Hey, yeah, we can't let go Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh Calling out for freedom, peace, and happiness We need a little love and some tenderness Not everyone feels the way I do But we cannot change if we can't see the truth Let it go, can't let go (Let it go) Let it go (Oh yeah), can't let go Let it go, oh, can't let go Yeah, we can't let go of what we can't control (Can't let go, yeah, yeah) Yeah, we can't let go of what we can't control Yeah, we can't let go of what we can't control Yeah, we can't let go of what we can't control

There you are Holding her hand I am lost Dyin' to understand Didn't I cherish you right Don't you know You were my life Even though I try I can't let go Something in your eyes Captured my soul And every night I see you in my dreams You're all I know I can't let go Just cast aside You don't even know I'm alive You just walk on by Don't care to see me cry And here I am Still holding on I can't accept My world is gone (no, no) Even though I try I can't let go Something in your eyes Captured my soul And every night I see you in my dreams You're all I know I can't let go Do you even realize The sorrow I have inside Everyday of my life Do you know the way it feels When all you have just dies I try and try To deny that I need you But still you remain on my mind Even though I try I can't let go (no, no, I just can't get you out of my mind) Something in your eyes (I never can say goodbye) Captured my soul And every night I see you in my dreams You're all I know I can't let you go Even though I try I can't let go Something in your eyes Captured my soul And every night I see you in my dreams You're all I know I can't let go

Why can't we just take it from the start? I hate being strangers in the car Now I'm lookin' for the way out of the dark No, I won't let this feelin' fall apart I can't let go Of a fire burnin' I still hold it close I'll never know If I don't try to reignite it, oh, oh-oh So if our love is dyin' I will go out fightin' You're my heart, my fire I'll never let you go Our love is like silence It's hard to defined it You're my heart, my fire I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go My heart, my fire I'll never let you go My heart, my fire I'll never let you go My heart, my fire I'll never let you go My heart, my fire Why can't we just take it from the start? Back to when we fixed each other's scars Can't give up on everything we are Still so close, but feels so far apart I can't let go Of the fire burnin' I still hold it close I'll never know If we don't try to reignite it, oh, oh-oh So if our love is dyin' I will go out fightin' You're my heart, my fire I'll never let you go Our love is like silence It's hard to defined it You're my heart, my fire I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go I'll never let you go My heart, my fire I'll never let you go My heart, my fire I'll never let you go My heart, my fire I'll never let you go My heart, my fire I'll never let you go

I stood on faith and the corner of ambition I came here to sink or swim And to show them all that they were wrong And though I never thought I'd make it this far So the curtains are down For the moment I'm someone There were those in the wings who waited, who came this way Now they're gone But there's always someone at home who never forgets who you are And when I'm down and I'm growing old I won't be along no railroad track I won't be bound to a life out in the cold It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home When I'm down and I'm growing old I won't be along no railroad track I won't be bound to a life out in the cold It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home Can't go on, I'm on the top of my better years I'm going home, it's too lonesome on the bottom rung here It's been a steady pace to keep my steps between these cracks on Broadway And my stride in rhythm to the beat of home, sweet home

Where have you been My long lost friend It's good to see you again Come and sit for a while I've missed your smile Today the past is goodbye Time can't erase A lover's embrace Can't you hear it calling A new day dawning You were longing to find Love's taken you far Away from my heart And I've been here all along Have your eyes failed to find What took you from mine A vision that's faded through time But you sail away Far on a summer's day But you heard it calling A new day dawning You were longing to find There is a way To make you stay Darling don't turn away Don't doubt your heart And keep us apart I'm right where you are Stay There is a way To make you stay Darling don't turn away Don't doubt your heart And keep us apart I'm right where you are Stay

Yesterday the odds were stacked in favor of my expectations Lying above the rest, never falling from the nest Tuesday came and went and now I'm in a little situation Maybe it's for the best, I can live alone I guess Maybe I can stand alone Maybe I'm strong as stone Even though the bird has flown Maybe he'll fly on home Forgive me if I'm keeping you apart from better conversation I'm numb from all my doubt, trying to sort the whole thing out Tell me that I'm smart enough to deal with all the information Spinning inside my head, every word he ever said Maybe I can stand alone Maybe I'm strong as stone Even though the bird has flown Maybe he'll fly on home (Repeat chorus)

We lease 20 acres And one Ginny mule From the Alabama Trust For half of the cotton and a third of the corn Get a hand full of dust We cannot have all things to please us No matter how we try Until we've all gone to Jesus We can only wonder why I had a daughter Called her Annabelle She's the apple of my eye Tried to give her something like I never had Didn't want to ever hear her cry We cannot have all things to please us No matter how we try Until we've all gone to Jesus We can only wonder why When I'm dead and buried I'll take a hard life of tears From every day I've ever known Anna's in the churchyard She got no life at all She only got these words on a stone We cannot have all things to please us No matter how we try Until we've all gone to Jesus We can only wonder why

Baby mine, don't you cry Baby mine, dry your eyes Rest your head close to my heart Never to part, baby of mine Little one, when you play Don't you mind what they say Let those eyes sparkle and shine Never a tear, baby of mine If they knew sweet little you They'd end up loving you too All those same people who scold you What they'd give just for the right to hold you From your head down to your toes You're not much, goodness knows But you're so precious to me Sweet as can be, baby of mine All of those people who scold you What they'd give just for the right to hold you From your head down to your toes You're not much, goodness knows But you're so precious to me Sweet as can be, baby of mine Baby of mine