Much has been said, said you'd never leave Why'd it have to be harder than it had to be? And don't you throw the blame You were part of this Wasn't supposed to end with us just walking away So many times we tried holding on to the pain But in my baby's eyes I see my shame Asking why you had to leave? Wasn't I strong enough to make you see? That the biggest part of this It's not about you or me But just been wrong If we held on So maybe tomorrow we'll find About a taste for the old days Hard lessons we've left behind This mirror's an open door I can barely stand to see myself I don't know what to do anymore I'm crying out for help Oh-oh-oh, lord Oh-oh-oh, lord How much has been said? Well I never learned keeping my fingers crossed Praying for my luck to turn But I can't complain, I'm living it easy Job's keeping me busy, I'm going crazy Can't describe the way it felt When you left said your goodbyes And just seems crazy for me to think That I found love the same time But we all know how it all wraps up in the end So maybe tomorrow we'll find A taste for the old days Hard lessons we've left behind This mirror's an open door I can barely stand to see myself I don't know what to do anymore I'm crying out for help Oh-oh-oh, lord Oh-oh-oh, lord Oh-oh-oh, lord What am I leaving behind? Sweet how we see the big picture when your life's not on the line I know the way out but do you see what I see? A tortured life, always second guessing the bookie Put money on the table, thought that was all I had to do Never came home, never said a word to you No one ever said it was going to be easy, easy, yeah Start over again This time, this time let's do it right Start over again But this time, this time let's keep the fires burning, burning, yeah Start over again, start over again But this time, this time let's do it right, sweet child Start over again, start over again But this time, this time let's keep the fires burning, burning, yeah You say I only hear what I want to know, no, no, no You say I talk so all the time, I talk so all the time

It's been said by a poet better Sealed with a smile and perfumed letter It's been said by the painter's colours more brightly It's been said but here it goes again, I love you It's been said but here it goes again, I love you It's been said that your eyes are amazing And that they tell a deeper secret Than your body wishes to hold And that your quiet tears will be heard as gentle whispers It's been said but here it goes again, I love you (repeat) It's been said by far too many drifters That perhaps your eyes had seen fall short the glory of It's been said from the soil of a prophet's graveyard It's been said by the light of your mirror's vanity It's been said but here it goes again, I love you (repeat) (Please believe me that I love you) Take this you beautiful distraction I love you

Have you ever been lonely Have you ever been blue Have you ever loved someone Just as I love you Can't you see that I'm sorry For each mistake I made Can't you see I've changed, dear Can't you see that I've paid Oh, be a little forgiving Take me back in your heart How can I go on living Now that we're apart If you knew what I been through You would know why i ask you Have you ever been lonely Have you ever been blue Be a little forgiving Take me back in your heart How can I go on livinG Now that we're apart If you knew what I been through You would know why I ask you Have you ever been lonely Have you ever been blue

Friends, what are you supposed to do? Should you build me up or break me down? Friends, what are you there for? If you're in my need, you're never around Friends, what are your duties? Does it mean loyalty? Tell me the truth even when it hurts No matter what it may be 'Cause I got my problems And you know that I got them But you still sayin' nothin' Though you know I'm hurtin' Half way smiling means something's hiding And you're keeping the solution Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Ever so often I get disappointed Now I got nothing else to prove Y'all have been acting upon my weakness All in the name of love Now I keep a close eye on all those who deny Those who are leaving alive, don't think you've won In your head I'm from the rebel Think I'll get miserable, you made me struggle Didn't know I'm able to check my timetable And no good people help me some fund Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friend, do you know what's a secret? Are you sure you know how to keep it? Based on what I heard yesterday You surely gave me away Now it's been said that my bills aren't paid I'm running low on bread, it's going to my head Check the flow as the story goes What do you know? I remember when I had this master plan And you said we could've done Was you weren't the one? Can't explain, but in the end they glister you again Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder Friends don't mean a thing If when I'm down you keep me down Friends don't mean a thing If I can't cry on your shoulder

Yeah It's dog eat dog world out there Yeah Gotta be strong to survive, yeah Strong, strong, strong, yeah, oh, yeah I cry freedom For the innocent that's in captivity I cry freedom Yeah, yeah I cry freedom My people, you're robbed of your liberty I say freedom Yeah, yeah For the family that's gone To a distant foreign land To make good for themselves And the ones that are left back home Letters once in a while Can bring a little smile My letters can have you And sure can explain heeds that to the pain I say freedom For the colors that's discriminated upon I cry freedom Yeah, yeah, yeah I cry freedom Woman have what you take and as much as you can Cry freedom, yeah, yeah For the ordinary men Whether's little did he plan We give no time of day to, it is a miracle how we get through Goes to bed early, tryna dream of a heaven bird Hoping it's gonna play Can't wait for the day he can truly say Today is my day I cry freedom For all the young minds that they led astray I cry freedom Yeah, yeah, oh, God I cry freedom Bullies everywhere, today's the day I cry freedom Yeah, yeah, yeah For your book of rules that says Getting rich is not my kind of business I got things for you, my friend I'm gonna fight it right to the end I toil and toil even when my back hurts I still feel the dream Though sometimes I get weak Still mine stepped up And to fortify I cry freedom For all the principles my ancestors died for I cry freedom, yes Yeah, yeah, oh I cry freedom For the little they give and take mine more I cry freedom Yeah, yeah I cry freedom For my little sisters, they turned to slaves I cry freedom, yes Yeah, yeah I cry freedom For those who reach out and never had, sleep good Freedom

Na-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na-na Whoa, na, mmh, na Oh, yesterday I walked away You left my way and now You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' Gotta find my way through the downtown crowd Hopin' cars and buses will help To drown this feelin' Such a lonely feelin' I'll have to do the best that I can To stay away from the sound When I roll over in bed to touch, and you're not there That's when it hurts the most You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' I told myself I was so strong Can't let my friends know that You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' What will I do when they all ask "Where are you and how come we're not sparrin' At the big dance jammin'?" I'm gonna tell them, "You're gone on vacation Or that your mama ain't feelin' so well" Maybe I'll go a little bit overboard And say that, "You're now with the Lord" You left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' You left me cryin' You left me cryin' Now wherever you are my darlin' one Take the strain off of me Remember it's the same good old Beres And me and you nah live so Don't leave me cryin' Don't leave me cryin' Don't leave me cryin', oh Na-na-na-na-na, hey Na-na-na, oh Oh, yesterday I walked away You left my way and now Today I'm cryin' Girl, you left me cryin' What will I do when friends all ask "Where are you and how come we're not sparrin' At the big dance jammin'?" I'm gonna tell them, "You're gone on vacation Or that your mama ain't feelin' so well" Maybe I'll go a little bit overboard And say that, "You're now with the Lord" 'Cause you left me cryin' Girl, you left me cryin', oh, na-na-na Cryin' You left me cryin' Oh, yesterday I walked away Now today don't wanna be gray I'm cryin', girl, you left me cryin' Let's just take all the past and get it together, oh girl Reminisce on all those lovely days, yes, yes Don't let me cry, girl