I watched you walking down And left you to be found Like someone who is like the sun Or someone with a knife and gun And when you did return I saw that you had learned But I don't know where you have been And I don't know what you call sin so Carry, carry on Keep moving, moving on Even though you will soon be gone

We floated downstream like swans in the sun Surrounded by friends and lovers We watched on with smiles beaming so bright The river behind them, the fading daylight I knew her back from when she was young Those days poured out faster than rounds from a gun Scattered like shells and lost to the sea Like the river the days move rapidly I have all these memories, I don't know what for I have them and I can't help it Some overflow and spill like waves Some I will harbour For all of my days I burned liked oil, you grew like a flower Rising toward your magical hour I was not yours and you were not mine Our true love finds us when it is time We drove back downtown Wasted and spent Down highways that I remember Happy for her and happy for me The old times and the new to uncover I laid down my head, in love with the night With my new love beside me, her radiant light I faded away, along with my thoughts Like a dream and I trail off mystically

Drunk with desire, ten shots of fire Watching those lips Got my mind wrapped around the taste She coloured my name And whispered my place Watching her sip on my drink Makes it hard to look away My kiss is like the sun (the sun) And my love is for everyone It was all for fun Until I let you fall, never call Wasn't trying to hurt you but It wasn't love, it's only for a night Wasn't trying to hurt you She left a necklace on my nightstand You can come back But it don't mean we're meant to be It's not about you Look on the brightside I'm only saving you from someone else like me My kiss is like the sun (the sun) And my love is for everyone It was all for fun Until I let you fall, never call Wasn't trying to hurt you but It wasn't love, it's only for a night Wasn't trying to hurt you

I've been down on my luck I've been shadowed with trouble and sorrow But I ain't givin' up' 'Cause I know there is always tomorrow There are no guarantees Life is always a hit or miss But I truly believe I won't always be feeling' like this I'm gonna shine like the sun When these clouds roll away from my door When it's all said and done I won't be at your mercy no more I will prove my own worth Heal the damage and hurt that's been done And when the cryin's all done Well, I'm gonna shine like the sun I've been thinking here lately What all I can do to improve Though I've suffered greatly I know just what I have to do I have to move forward Cut losses, break loose and move on And I have to swim shoreward Lest I should drown out here alone I'm gonna shine like the sun When these clouds roll away from my door I won't crawl I can run I'll be at no ones mercy no more I'll be swinging on sunbeams So proud that I finally won And when the losin's all done Well, I'm gonna shine like the sun I'm gonna shine, I'm gonna shine I'm gonna shine like the sun When these clouds roll away from my door And when it's all said and done I won't be at your mercy no more I'll be off chasin' rainbows Rejoicin' and havin' my fun And when the cryin's all done Well, I'm gonna shine like the sun When the cryin's all done When the tryin's all done When the lyin's all done There'll be nothin' but sun When it's all said and done Well, I'm gonna shine like the sun Shine like the sun, shine like the sun

The sun doesn't like you, you always get burned Stay in the shade and watch the world turn Better find a new place to lay on the ground Can't stay where you are or you're gonna be found And time won't pass you by and I Won't tell you lies So tonight we can build a fire In the open field past the razor wire Sneak by the dogs when they go to sleep Bring part of yourself that you'll let me keep 'Cause time won't pass us by and you Won't tell me lies Someday I will ask you why, but not now And time won't pass us by and you Won't tell me lies Someday we all have to die, but not now

We meet at the Broken Spoke Restaurant and Lounge I lit your cigarette then you wrote your number down. On the inside of a matchbook that was laying on the bar And a fire started burning somewhere in my heart I didn't see it coming, guess I didn't read the signs I just never thought you'd leave me after all this time. But today when I came home my key was hollow in the door And there was nothing but a worn out book of matches on the floor You took the bed; you took the dishes and the car And you broke my trust and you took advantage of my heart And you left me here with empty rooms and walls with holes, scars and scratches, If I find the strength to burn your memory down At least you left the matches. The color is old and faded; the cover's worn and stained I can still make out the numbers and the heart beside your name Until tonight they'd only lit a single cigarette Now one by one I'm striking them to help me to forget And everybody at the broken spoke They all thought my crazy story was a joke Now they're all out in the parking lot Staring at the smoke You took the bed; you took the dishes and the car And you broke my trust and you took advantage of my heart And you left me here with empty rooms of walls and holes, scars and scratches Now I found the strength to burn your memory down At least you left the matches. Baby all that's left of our love now is ashes Thank god you left the matches

She's been here workin' all summer long Pumpin' gas for the boats on the Cote Blanche She's so brown from bein' in the sun all day And boys from town hang around her pa paw's place And they all say Hey, you can see her down at the boat dock Walkin' up the pier in her flip flops Tyin' up the lines in her tank top Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop Every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline It won't be long, she'll be goin' back to school Well, goin' home, all the way to Baton Rouge Well, her pa paw says he'll get along the best he can And all the boys will be so brokenhearted then 'Til it's summer again Then you can see her down at the boat dock Walkin' up the pier in her flip flops Tyin' up the lines in her tank top Dippin' out the bait at the bait shop Every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline Well, every boy around would love to say, "That girl's mine" Summer's gonna end I know Oh, we gonna miss you so Wish you didn't have to go, Evangeline Girl, I'm gonna miss you so, Evangeline

You found me all alone You helped me build a home I had tried before Couldn't pick myself off of the floor And then you came Whispered my name You found me You found me in a dream Tangled, lost at sea I had tried before Always found myself looking for more But then you came Whispered my name You found me You found me all alone You helped me build a home I had tried before Couldn't pick myself off of the floor And then you came Whispered my name You found me