Got to Be This Way - John Mayall

A broken man without a home Desperate and so alone A victim of society No one really wants to see Some of us don't even wonder Some of us don't even care Couldn't we just help each other Isn't there enough to share There's got to be a way To connect this world today Come together to relieve the pain There's got to be a way There's got to be a way To unite this human race And together we'll bring on a change In another land they still believe Color grants supremacy I don't understand how there can be Regulated bigotry Some of us don't even wonder Some of us don't even care Couldn't we accept each other Can't we make ourselves aware There's got to be a way To connect this world today Come together to relieve the pain There's got to be a way To unite this human race And together we'll bring on a change And maybe then the future will be a time Without war, destitution and sorrow And hungry children won't have to die If we work together today, we'll save tomorrow Yeah, hey Oh yes Come on, come on Ho Some of us don't even wonder Some of us don't even care Couldn't we just love each other Isn't there enough to share There's got to be a way To connect this world today Come together to relieve the pain There's got to be a way To unite this human race And together we'll bring on a change There's got to be a way To connect this world today There's got to be, there's got to be, there's got to Got to, got to be There's got to be a way To unite this human race And together we'll bring on a change

Standing here I realize That you were just like me Trying to make history But who's to judge The right from wrong When our guard is down I think we'll both agree That violence breeds violence But in the end It has to be this way I've carved my own path You've followed your wrath But maybe we're both the same The world has turned And so many have burned But nobody is to blame It's tearing across This barren wasted land I feel new life could be born Beneath the blood stained sand Beneath the blood stained sand Standing here I realize That you were just like me Trying to make history But who's to judge The right from wrong When our guard is down I think we'll both agree That violence breeds violence But in the end It has to be this way Violence breeds violence But in the end It has to be this way

The sound of your voice, the touch of your skin If we go there, it will start all over again So don't even call, there's no need for checking in If it's really over, let it just be over No, we won't be sharing coffee Or having lunch from time to time I won't ask about your family Please don't ask me about mine This is never what I wanted And it's killing me to say It just has to be this way We gave all we could, we fought the good fight But no matter how we loved, we just couldn't get it right It hurts to let go, but it's harder hangin' on I don't want it to be over, we know that it's over No, we won't be sharing coffe Or having lunch from time to time I won't ask about your family Please don't ask me about mine This is never what I wanted And it's killing me to say It just has to be this way And even if I change my mind Don't let me hurt me one more time Stay away from me, be as cold as you can be No, we won't be sharing coffe Or having lunch from time to time I won't ask about your family Please don't ask me about mine This is never what I wanted And it's killing me to say It just has to be this way Oh, it just has to be this way

Standing here I realize You are just like me Trying to make history But who's to judge The right from wrong When our guard is down I think we'll both agree That violence breeds violence But in the end it has to be this way I've carved my own path You followed your wrath But maybe we're both the same The world has turned And so many have burned But nobody is to blame Yet staring across this barren wasted land I feel new life will be born Beneath the blood stained sand Beneath the blood stained sand

I? m Crying Yes, I? m Crying And I just don? t know How it? s all going to end I? m thinking back a long time When I hit my woman down It was a bad bad evil night When I realized what I? d done It was way too late, too late Too late for words and I? m Crying In torment sometimes We hurt each other so bad Nobody to turn to, no going back No such thing as God for us No more to touch her body No more to stroke he rhair All I can do is break down in tears I? m Crying and wondering Where am I now because of what I did I just don? t know and I? m Crying It was a long time ago The pain is over now But I still think back sometimes And remember how I cried I was Crying Top

My pretty girl is sitting in her room of red My pretty girl lying on her furry bed Pretty as the moonlight I only want to treat her right My pretty girl doing something to her hair My pretty girl dressing up with special care Pretty as the moonlight I only want to treat her right My pretty girl making me feel her man My pretty girl hugging me when she can Pretty as the moonlight I only want to treat her right My pretty girl sleeping in the still of night My pretty girl glowing in the candlelight Pretty as the moonlight I only want to treat her right