I've been writing with this monkey on my back Trying to keep two wheels on the track I remember waving at the car go by Doesn't matter that we'll never say goodbye Nobody needs, nobody needs Nobody needs a family Just trust me He's a hope that'll always prove to be She's a ship-wreck on a sea of self-loathing The question of what oughta matter cuts you deep But a hope like you will always prove to be Though impossible, it's still alive in me And a hope like you will always prove to be Nobody needs, nobody needs Nobody needs a family Just trust me Just trust me Thank you I'm sorry I love you Goodbye

Oh, well, who was I? Who was I to watch you wilt? You ain't gotta tell me what it means Trace the outlines of your dreams You'll always be a flower on my skin And the pain that I am in Mm It's all the same The losin' touch, the waiting game Across that county line I promised to be there this time Alright? You were a work of art That's the hardest part Howlin' like dogs in the light of the moon Holdin' our breath after 132 You asked me why I wasn't saying a word I'm naming the stars in the sky after you I was a work of art That's the hardest part To spiral out, to try and float To see a friend, to see a ghost Bitter-brained, always drunk Rail-thin, Zoloft Subtle change, shorter days Dead, dead weight Your life, your dreams Your mind, your needs And my needs And your needs, and my needs I spiral out, try and float You see a friend, see a ghost To see a ghost, to see a ghost To see a ghost

I, I'm drunk alone because I miss you Now, now I'm worried I'm too late Nobody loves me like you love me Nobody sees me like you do So I'm gonna fight for us until my heart has turned to black and blue Nobody needs you like I do Life always seems to work against us I'm on my knees I'm begging Please, there's nowhere else I'd rather be I'd rather be Nobody loves me like you love me Nobody sees me like you do So I'm gonna fight for us until my heart has turned to black and blue Nobody needs you like I do O-o-o-o-oh oh oh oh ooh O-o-o-o-oh oh oh oh ooh O-o-o-o-oh oh oh oh ooh O-o-o-o-oh oh oh oh ooh Nobody hurt you like I hurt you And I don't deserve a second chance But I'm gonna fight for us until my heart has turned to black and blue Nobody needs you like, needs you like, needs you like I do Nobody loves me like you love me Nobody sees me like you do So I'm gonna fight for us until my heart has turned to black and blue Nobody needs you like I do Nobody loves me like you love me Nobody sees me like you do So I'm gonna fight for us until my heart has turned to black and blue Nobody needs you like I do

I know your eyes in the morning sun I feel you touch me in the pouring rain And the moment that you're far from me I wanna feel you in my arms again And you come to me on a summer breeze Keep me warm with your love Then you softly leave And it's me you need to show How deep is your love Baby, I really mean to learn How deep is your love Baby, I really mean to learn I believe in you You know the door to my very soul You're the light in my deepest, darkest hour You're my Savior every time I fall And you may not think that I care for you When you know down inside that I really do And it's me you need to show How deep is your love I really mean to learn How deep is your love I really mean to learn How deep is your love And it's me you need to show How deep is your love I really mean to learn How deep is your love I really mean to learn How deep is your love

Who can I turn to when nobody needs me? My heart wants to know, and so I must go where destiny leads me With no star to guide me, and no one beside me I'll go on my way, and after the day the darkness will hide me And maybe tomorrow I'll find what I'm after I'll throw off my sorrow, beg, steal, or borrow my share of laughter With you, I could learn to, with you, what a new day But who can I turn to if you turn away? And maybe tomorrow I'll find what I'm after I'll throw off my sorrow, beg, steal, or borrow my share of laughter With you, I could learn to, with you, what a new day But who can I turn to if you turn away?

Have you ever picked guitar on your front porch In the morning as the sun was risin'? Or followed your dog down to the river And ran into an ole' baptizin'? Do you think to pull off on the side of the road When that big black hearse is passing? Have you ever helped someone in need Without them even asking? We do that in the country, Let me tell you 'bout country. Country can be in the middle of a city Country can be on a farm, Country ain't even a place on map, It's a place in your heart. Have you ever hitched a ride to Music City Just to see an Opry show? Would you drive across the country To listen to some country? Country can be in the middle of a city Country can be on a farm, Country ain't even a place on the map, It's a place in your heart. Have you ever been there at the courthouse square For the parade on the 'Fourth of July'? With a tear on your face and a lump in your throat As you watch ole' glory go by, Or sat thru a service where they played tabs For a soldier who never came home? Or looked in the sad brown eyes of his momma As she touched his name on that stone? He fought for his country And died for his country I love my country. Let me tell you 'bout. country.

When I find Aladdin's lamp some day I'll rub the lamp and when the smoke clears away I'll ask the genie grant me my one wish come true That the girl I love would only love me too I've heard that in days of old The lamp did whatever it was told So when I find that thing I'm wishing her a wedding ring I won't ask for gold or wealth or fame I'm searching for a way to change her name I'll ask for her lips (her lips), her arms (her arms) gotta hold her tight Oh tell where on earth is Aladdin's lamp tonight I've heard that in days of old The lamp did whatever it was told So when I find that thing I'm wishing her a wedding ring I won't ask for gold or wealth or fame I'm searching for a way to change her name I'll ask for her lips (her lips), her arms (her arms) gotta hold her tight Oh tell where on earth is Aladdin's lamp tonight

Give me something I can hold With that something I will grow Make me crazy with your arms It's all gone hazy, it's all gone wrong How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward, but Olympian, framed by God So bring me water to cool off How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward How can you survive my blatant lies? I'm flattered that you thought So come taste my good reward Formidable, but not afraid Of the next world, just delayed I... I'm wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-oh Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, nah, na-ra-nah Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, no, no You I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I'm taking your life for you Olympian, framed by God Never it close, you'll be gone