My Next Thirty Years (Phil Vassar) I think I'll take a moment to celebrate my age The ending of an era and the turning of a page Now it's time to focus in on where I go from here Lord have mercy on my next thirty years Hey my next thirty years I'm gonna have some fun Try to forget about all the crazy things I've done Maybe now I've conquered all my adolescent fears And I'll do it better in my next thirty years My next thirty years I'm gonna settle all the scores Cry a little less, laugh a little more Find a world of happiness without the hate and fear Figure out just what I'm doing here In my next thirty years Oh my next thirty years, I'm gonna watch my weight Eat a few more salads and not stay up so late Drink a little lemonade and not so many beers Maybe I'll remember my next thirty years My next thirty years will be the best years of my life Raise a little family and hang out with my wife Spend precious moments with the ones that I hold dear Make up for lost time here, in my next thirty years In my next thirty years

When I look back on what I done About 100 years from now Gonna cry myself to sleep at night Somebody shows me how Uh huh When the sun shines down whats left of me About 100 years from now Gonna cut my water with a rebel yell And claw my way back to town 100 years 100 years They'll break me But I'll break them too Oh and this years for the brakemen And this one is for you When sky cracks open and the thunder comes About 100 years from now Gonna bury this old yoke and chain In the cold wet ground And when I get off at Tennebrook Farm About 100 years from now I'm gonna marry you out of common sense And get out from behind this plow 100 years 100 years They'll break me But I'll break them too Oh and this years for the brakemen And this one is for you 100 years 100 years They'll break me But I'll break them to Oh and this year's for the brakemen And this one is for you

I'm lying here beside you in someone else's bed Knowing what we're doing's wrong But better left unsaid Your breathing sounds like screaming It's all that I can stand His ring is on your finger But my heart is in your hands Damned if you love me Damned if you don't It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go Damned if you don't need me Damned if you do Oh God, I wish it wasn't me standin' in these shoes Damned, damned A door slams like a shotgun, you jump up to your feet But it's just the wind that's blowing through those secrets that we keep Made me want to want you, God knows I need to need you By the time the love is over, I'll be sleeping on the streets Damned if you love me Damned if you don't It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go Damned if you don't need me Damned if you do Oh God, I wish it wasn't me standin' in these shoes Damned, damned Why don't you talk to me? ('Cause I'm too blind to see) Why don't you look at me? ('Cause I'm afraid to breathe) What do you want from me? (All that I can stand) The lies are on my tongue and I can't turn back I know My soul is damned Don't worry I ain't gonna call you or hear you say my name And if you see me on the streets, don't wave, just walk away Our lives are getting twisted, let's keep our stories straight The more that I resist it, my temptation turns to fade Damned if you love me Damned if you don't It's getting harder holding on, but I can't let you go Damned if you don't need me Damned if you do God, I wish it wasn't me standin' in these shoes

My mama told me When I was younger You better speak up Don't be a number My daddy told me When it was thunder Go be the lighting Don't run for cover Who's gonna help the helpless? Sometimes we're all alone These days, we're all just looking For a place that we call home Now we can't climb over And you can't go round Build them up We'll tear them down Brick by brick Gonna watch them fall Build more bridges And tear down walls These walls Are the mountains that we climb These walls Are the great divide Brick by brick Gonna watch them fall Build more bridges Tear down walls The space between us Is getting wider We need this bar to Light the fire Show me the promise Give me some dealing There's too much hurting We need some healing Who's gonna help the helpless? Sometimes we're all alone These days, we're one step closer To that place that we call home Now we can't climb over And you can't go round Build them up We'll tear them down Brick by brick Gonna watch them fall Build more bridges And tear down walls These walls Are the mountains that we climb These walls Are the great divide Brick by brick Gonna watch them fall Build more bridges Tear down these walls I remember when the world was smaller And we both felt ten feet taller Now we can't climb over And you can't go round Build them up We'll tear them down Brick by brick Gonna watch them fall Build more bridges And tear down walls These walls Are the mountains that we climb These walls Are the great divide Brick by brick Gonna watch them fall Build more bridges Tear down these walls These walls These walls These walls Tear down these walls These walls These walls These walls Tear down walls

I was born to be of service Camp Lejeune just felt like home I had honor, I found purpose Sir, yes, sir That's what I know They sent us to a place I never heard of weeks before When you're nineteen, it ain't hard to sleep In the desert on God's floor Close your eyes, stop counting sheep You hear them bootcamp anymore We were taught to shoot our rifles Then in one, then side by side Thought we'd be made as liberators In a thousand year old fight I got this painful ringing in my ear From an IED last night But no lead light humvee war machine, could save my sargeants life Three more soldiers, six civilians Need these words to come out right God of mercy, God of light Seek your children from this life Here these words, this humble plea For I have seen the suffering And with this prayer I'm hoping That we, can be unbroken It's 18 months now, I've been stateside With this medal on my chest But there are things I can't remember And there are things I won't forget I lie awake at night with dreams of devils shouldn't see I wanna scream, but I can't breathe And Christ, I am sweating through these sheets Where's my brothers? Where's my country? Where's my how things used to be? God of mercy, God of light Seek your children from this life Here these words, this humble plea For I have seen the suffering And with this prayer I'm hoping That we, can be unbroken My service dogs done more for me Then the medication would There ain't no angel that is coming to save me But even if they could Today, 22, would die from suicide Just like yesterday, they're gone I live my life for each tomorrow So their memories will live on Once we were boys, and we were strangers Now we're brothers and we're men Someday you'll ask me, was it worth it to be of service in the end? Well, the blessing, and the curses, yeah, I'd do it all again Whoa-oh Whoa-oh Whoa-oh Whoa-oh Whoa-oh Whoa-oh (Whoa)

Breakout This time girl I've had enough You're too hot to handle with kid gloves It's too late, I hear a knock on the door The games over baby, I can't take it no more Breakout, breakout Take these chains from me You held my heart for ransom Baby, set it free Breakout, breakout Your lies can't hide what I see I'm better off on my own Promises you made me in the heat of the night Those words were broken under bedroom lights Your lips they burn, your body calls my name I can feel the fire but it's all in vain Breakout, breakout Take these chains from me You held my heart for ransom Baby, set it free Breakout, breakout Your lies can't hide what I see I'm better off on my own Breakout, breakout Take these chains from me You held my heart for ransom Baby, set it free Breakout, breakout Your lies can't hide what I see I'm better off on my own You say, "We'll meet around midnight You're gonna make me feel alright" I'm sayin', "No, no not tonight You gotta let me go" Breakout, breakout Take these chains from me You held my heart for ransom Baby, set it free Breakout, breakout Your lies can't hide what I see I'm better off on my own Breakout, breakout Take these chains from me You held my heart for ransom Baby, set it free Breakout, breakout Your lies can't hide what I see I'm better off on my own You say, "We'll meet around midnight You'll make me feel oh so right" Oh better, better but not tonight You gotta let me go Breakout, breakout Breakout, breakout Breakout, breakout