What you said to me I hope you mean it, too 'Cause my head's a mess I don't know what to do So I'd rather be alone I wish you well I'll keep to myself You played me for a fool Mama said "Be careful with your heart They'll get the one And leave you out to rot" So I'd rather be alone I wish you well I'll keep to myself 'Cause you played me for a fool

I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I said "Dead than wet my bed" Oh, I'd rather be gone than carry on I'd rather go away than feel this way Oh, I'd rather be there, where you haven't got a care And you're better off dead, though it doesn't seem fair Oh, I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather keep my health and dress myself But you're better off dead than sitting on a shelf I'll tie my tie 'til the day I die But if I have to be fed then I'd rather be dead And when he takes my hand on the very last day I will understand because it's better that way Oh, it's nice to be alive but when the dream comes true You'll be better off dead, it could happen to you Oh, I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed I'd rather be dead, I'd rather be dead I'd rather be dead than wet my bed Alright! Give yourselves a big hand

If you hurt me, you won't be the first or the last In a lifetime of many mistakes. But I won't spend tomorrow regretting the past For the chances that I didn't take. 'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you, But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done Than for something that I didn't do. When you touch me it's easy to make me believe Tomorrow won't take you away But I'd gamble whatever tomorrow might bring For the love that I'm living today. 'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you, But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done Than for something that I didn't do. I know someday that I may wake up all alone When the love I believed in has died But at least I won't wonder what I might have won >From the lifetime that I watched going by 'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you, But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done Than for something that I didn't do.

I cannot help it, I couldn't stop it if I tried The same old heartbeat fills the emptiness I have inside And I've heard that you can't fight love, so I won't complain 'Cause why would I stop the fire that keeps me going on? 'Cause when there's you, I feel whole And there's no better feeling in the world But without you I'm alone And I'd rather be in love with you Turn out the lights now To see is to believe I just want you near me I just want you here with me And I'd give up everything only for you It's the least that I could do 'Cause when there's you (when there's you), I feel whole (I feel whole) And there's no better feeling in the world But without you I'm alone (I'm alone) And I'd rather be in love with you And I feel you holding me Why are we afraid to be in love? To be loved I can't explain it I know it's tough to be loved And I feel you holding me Oh-oh, oh 'Cause when there's you (when there's you), I feel whole (I feel whole) And there's no better feeling in the world Without you I'm alone And I'd rather be in love 'Cause when there's you (when there's you), I feel whole (I feel whole) And there's no better feeling, and there's no better feeling in the world I'm alone And I'd rather be in love Yes, I'd rather be in love Oh, I'd rather be in love with you And I feel you holding me Oh-oh

I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah, I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you Until I'm through Oh yes, I do I'd rather be with you Until that day we'll fly away I just love That smiling face In the early sun If I can't have you To myself, then life's no fun I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah, I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah I'd rather be with you I wanna hold you hand Oh, if I can just be your man I wanna be you friend Not now and then But until the end I just love the way you act And that's a fact I wanna be your number one So picture that Maybe the next time Maybe the next time Maybe the next time Maybe the next time Yeah, I'd rather be with you Yeah Yeah Yeah, I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you Until I'm through Oh, yes I do I'd rather be with you Until that day we'll fly away I just love That smiling face In the early sun If I can't have you to myself Then life's no fun I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah, I'd rather be with you I'd rather be with you, yeah Yeah I'd rather be with you Oh babe Well, uh, you might think I'm trying to be funny But I'm really serious This time, baby (I'd rather be with you) Even though, uh It's a cold world, baby But you know deep down Inside that I do love ya (I'd rather be with you, yeah) I know I sound strange But I really mean it We gonna make it this time baby (I'd rather be with you, yeah) you're the only one I really love now I'm coming at you With both hands Tied behind my back, baby (I'd rather be with you, yeah) you got me I'm coming at you, get ready I'm gonna stick My love in your eye, baby (I'd rather be with you, yeah) you can see me coming baby

One night Johnny sang the truth to me On a northbound train from Nashvile Tennessee Taught me all the letters in a lam Sang 'freedom is where you think it is But there ain't no train to Stockholm' Recieved your invitation to the war I sent it back so please don't send no more I'd rather rot in some jail all alone Singin' "freedom is where you think it is But there ain't no train to Stockholm' If I have to ride this train a hundred years And all I drink is my own tears I'll not kill for you or on my own Singin' 'freedom is where you think it is But there ain't no train to Stockholm' Government send politicians too There's lots of people feel the way we do A hundred million of us can't be wrong Singin' 'freedom is where you think it is But there ain't no train to Stockholm'