I love to wrap these arms of mine around you If I ain't kissing you, then I'm about to I wouldn't make it very long without you The reason you're around, as simple as it sounds I don't know any better I don't know any better Oh I don't know any better Feeling than loving you When the chips are down, you always pull me through it When the shots are fired, I know you'll take the bullet And I wonder sometimes why you choose to do it Well that's easy enough, I do it all because I don't know any better I don't know any better Oh I don't know any better Feeling than loving you Baby I swear we'll always be together And I ain't going anywhere I'll be your fool forever, cause I don't know any better I don't know any better Oh I don't know any better Feeling than loving you I don't know any better Feeling than loving you

Funny day, looking for laughter and finding it there Sunny day, braiding wild flowers and leaves in my hair Picked up a pencil and wrote, "I love you" in my finest hand Wanted to send it, but I don't know where I stand Telephone, even the sound of your voice is still new All alone in California and talking to you And feeling too foolish and strange to say the words that I had planned I guess it's too early, 'cause I don't know where I stand Crickets call, courting their ladies in star-dappled green Thickets tall, until the morning comes up like a dream All muted and misty, so drowsy now I'll take what sleep I can I know that I miss you, but I don't know where I stand I know that I miss you, but I don't know where I stand

And we live just to die so I pray I'm alright when I do, I'm Shooting stars at the sky, not a crow left in my point of view, oh In the midst of a fight, throwing jabs 'til I knock out a tooth If he pulls out a knife and gets rid of my life will the righteous ignite me with truth? 'Cause I will hide somewhere behind the dark that casts into A room that thrives with blinding lights unwinding onto you If only for a second I'm infected by the hue Please, just promise me your honesty 'cause honestly I hate all that I do (Da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da), oh I hate all that I do, ayy (Da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da) And it lives deep inside building homes in the holes of my heart, I've Set my sights to the light, but I've been paranoid from the start, oh Red dot beamed on my forehead, deep breath, this'll be a night you won't forget Cold sweat, dreams terrorizing my cortex Woke up, drowning outside on my porch steps The water has been rising for years hypnotizing my peers into thinking they know me But I live in fear that they don't quite appear to the lightness instilled in the old me I swallow my tears, wonder outside for years with the hope that a god'll come smite me Replenish these gears, cut my body with shears, make sure nobody's near even slightly (Slightly) (Da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da) Nobody's near even slightly, oh, ayy (Da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da) Nobody's near even slightly Blue waves flash in the distance Red lights, stop! I don't listen Projectiles from my piston Couldn't do it by myself, need assistance Pink matter painted onto the concrete Think of this gunshot as the downbeat Red dot beamed on my forehead This'll be a night you won't forget

As we sat on the front porch Of that old grey house where I was born and raised. Staring at the dusty fields Where my daddy worked hard everyday. I think it kinda hurt him when I said, "Daddy there's a lot that I don't know. But don't you ever dream about a life Where corn don't grow?" He just sat there silent Staring at his favorite coffee cup. I saw a storm of mixed emotions in his eyes When he looked up. He said "son I know at your age It seems like this ole world is turnin' slow. And you think you'll find the answer to it all Where corn don't grow." Hard times are real There's dusty fields no matter where you go. You may change your mind Cause the weeds are high where corn don't grow. I remember feeling guilty When daddy turned and walked back in the house. I was only 17 back then But I thought that I knew more than I know now. I can't say he didn't warn me This city life's a hard row to hoe. Ain't it funny how a dream can turn around, Where corn don't grow. Hard times are real There's dusty fields no matter where you go. You may change your mind Cause the weeds are high where corn don't grow. You may change your mind Oh the weeds are high where corn don't grow.

She won't drive a Cadillac unless it's new She says gold is just a place to put my jewel I work double shifts for one more pair of shoes This livin' easy's getting hard to do My daddy said never spend more than you make And that advice I've always tried to take 'Til the day you walked into the room Now livin' easy's getting hard to do Keep it simple Man I'm trying Start out lovin' End up cryin' Loan me a dollar Some common sense Can't pay these credit cards on good looks and regrets Put a million in the bank but you need two Cause a man's gotta do what he's gotta do I'm going back to bustin' ass and singing blues This livin easy's getting hard to do Keep it simple Man I'm tryin' Start out lovin' End up cryin' Loan me a dollar Some common sense Can't pay these credit cards on good looks and regrets Put a tombstone in the back yard one day Hand carved under my name it will say Here lies a man who found out far too soon This livin' easy's gotten way too hard to do 'Til the day that you walked into the room This livin easy's getting hard to do