My Wild Irish Rose - Jeff Taylor

When she was young they called her wild rose The ladies in the town turned up their nose The boys all loved her, heaven knows But she would never be tied down She said that she was getting out The first chance she had she'd take it Don't know when Don't know how But I know for sure that I'll make it So on the day that she She turned 18 She bought a ticket for the Greyhound bus He looked up from his cowboy hat and said "Oh baby, what about us?" She said "I've got to go I've got to bloom But in this small town babe, there ain't no room For this Wild Rose" And he looked at her and said Well baby, you can bloom no matter where you are You don't have to live in the sky to be a star You don't have to be the sun to shine Baby, just be mine She got on the bus said "I just can't stay" She didn't look back as they pulled away But the humming of the tires couldn't drown out The words she heard him say And there beside the road she saw a Wild Rose And it bloomed out where God had planted it On an old rusty barbwire fence And all of a sudden it all made sense when he said Baby, you can bloom no matter where you are You don't have to live in the sky to be a star You don't have to be the sun to shine Baby, just be mine Well the bus pulled away with an empty seat She made a call saying "baby, come and get me" They drove all through the night and we're home To see an Oklahoma sunrise Sittin' on the porch late at night Watching their babies chasin' fireflies The little one looks up at the sky And says "I wanna be a star" And they said "baby, you can bloom No matter where you are You don't have to live in the sky to be a star"

We say life is meant this way but we break We say we are born this way, so, why change? Seeping down, deep and down in me Holding on, 'cause I can hardly breathe It's darker now, the silence brings me sleep I'm yearning for a hunger in my dreams, yeah We are young and we are free But we don't know how we are meant to be If we are meant to see All this trouble in my mind My heart is searching far and wide, wide Baby boy running wild Said my mind is older now I can't block it out Baby boy running wild Said my mind is older now I can't block it out Baby boy running wild Said my mind is older now I can't block it out We say life is meant this way but we break We say we are born this way, so, why change? Seeping down, deep and down in me Holding on, 'cause I can hardly breathe It's darker now, the silence brings me sleep I'm yearning for a hunger in my dreams, yeah We are young and we are free But we don't know how we are meant to be If we are meant to see All this trouble in my mind My heart is searching far and wide, wide Baby boy running wild Said my mind is older now I can't block it out Baby boy running wild Said my mind is older now I can't block it out Baby boy running wild Said my mind is older now I can't block it out

Put your lips close to mine As long as they don't touch Out of focus, eye to eye 'Til the gravity's too much And I'll do anything you say If you say it with your hands And I'd be smart to walk away But you're quicksand This slope is treacherous This path is reckless This slope is treacherous And I, I, I like it I can't decide if it's a choice Getting swept away I hear the sound of my own voice Asking you to stay All we are is skin and bone Trained to get along Forever going with the flow But you're friction This slope is treacherous This path is reckless This slope is treacherous I, I, I like it Two headlights shine through the sleepless night And I will get you, get you alone Your name has echoed through my mind And I just think you should, think you should know That nothing safe is worth the drive And I would follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home This hope is treacherous This daydream is dangerous This hope is treacherous I, I, I I, I, I I, I, I Two headlights shine through the sleepless night And I will get you, get you alone Your name has echoed through my mind And I just think you should, think you should know That nothing safe is worth the drive And I will follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home I'll follow you, follow you home This slope is treacherous I, I, I like it