Baby, when I'm gone You know I think about you You're growing up so fast And I'm gettin' older too And I've made mistakes Yeah, I'm living proof of that All the wasted days Can't ever get 'em back Check my bags, board again It's a lonely flight from where I've been Can't turn money back to time Take it from me, darling of mine And I've been doubting it these days The river, it runs Only one way And when it's gone (When it's gone) It's gone to stay Baby, when I'm gone You're learnin' how to live Remember not to take so much So you have something left to give Just think of me in the love that I leave behind Let it grow around you Like a tie that binds Half disconnected on the phone I face the crowd, but I sleep alone Can't turn money back to time Take it from me, darling of mine And I've been doubting it these days The river, it runs Only one way When it's gone (When it's gone) It's gone to stay

Standing here with a tale to tell I might as well tell to you Nothing near Wagnerian As Terminator Two It's an old one about a little dirt farm girl Who wanted to get out for good She would do anything to keep that dream Anything she could Who was she To feel so free With her heart on her sleeve She just couldn't believe There was a price to pay Her very first chance to escape that year Came when the circus had come to town She wound up in bed and quite madly in love With some rubber nose juggling clown He promised he'd return for her come next spring And he swore that he wouldn't forget So needless to say, came the following May More than her appetite was getting wet She proceeded unheeded and quite undefeated To the trailer behind the tent And her heart began to soar at his trailer door She was going wherever he went Who was she To feel so free With her heart on her sleeve She just couldn't believe There was a price to pay He arrived at last at about half past With a girl under every arm But all of this in itself, could be innocent as hell But what began to cause her alarm Was when he locked the door behind him like she'd always been She was standing alone in the dirt And her eyes were so dry that she began to cry And something began to hurt She wanted to tear the hair out of her head Yeah and she wanted to wish that she was dead But a voice in her just would not let her drop And her heart began to break but it didn't stop "Run all your races Don't you fear You and I Are getting out of here And we'll survive That I guarantee 'Cause you don't need much When all you have is me" She listened to the little voice in her And then she hit the road Free at last with just a tiny scar And finally on her own No one knows what became of her All we know is she got away And though there really ain't no guarantees down here I'd like to think she did okay Who was she To feel so free With her heart on her sleeve She just wouldn't believe That there's a price to pay Yeah that there's a price to pay No that there's a price to pay There's a price to pay

Livin' in the land of the dead hay Blind in the burned-out street Garbage everywhere Everybody's fightin' for a bigger piece of me The whole thing's lame, it's killin' my brain Guess it's just who I am I'll keep the rumble of the old dirt road You can keep the traffic jam Goin' to the country Goin' to the country Gonna lick off milk and honey And work a piece of land Blend it in the springtime Cann it for the cold time Way up on the high line Gettin' back to where I been Hey Well, I've been in the crowd, just tryna get out For a very long time indeed Lookin' for a home where I can grow My pretty little wildwood weed Gonna get me a farm with a horse and a barn And plant 15 acres a week I been livin' off the grid and smokin' on some licks Come harvest, have a big ol' feast Yeah, goin' to the country Goin' to the country Gonna lick off milk and honey And work a piece of land Blend it in the springtime Cann it for the cold time Way up on the high line Gettin' back to where I been Livin' in the country Gettin' back to where I been

The hating and the waiting, hesitating I just want to be done with you Faking for the taking but I'm waking Up to the fact that you're lying and denying Justifying all the actions you take It's pathetic and poetic It's just sick It's just sick Is "compromise" something you don't understand? You force your hand but my eyes are wide open Caught in the web of your self serving plan Don't force my hand when my eyes are wide open Seeing is believing, now I'm leaving All the damage is done And you've broken any notion of trust Because you're lying and denying Justifying all the actions you take It's pathetic and poetic It's just sick It's just sick Is "compromise" something you don't understand? You force your hand but my eyes are wide open Caught in the web of your self serving plan Don't force my hand when my eyes are wide open Seeing is believing, now I'm leaving All the damage is done All the damage done All the damage done Is "compromise" something you don't understand? You force your hand but my eyes are wide open Caught in the web of your self serving plan Don't force my hand when my eyes are wide open Don't force my hand when my eyes are wide open Force my hand when my eyes are wide open You're lying and denying it's just sick You're lying and denying it's just sick It's just sick

Do you feel like you're falling? You've taken this step In front of you Is further from the truth And you fall apart In front of me again Again Denial isn't the way to forgiveness You always swore that I was wrong Not again No taste for the crow you feed me Not again It's not a matter of if I care Not again What an intricate web you're weaving Again and again So you try not to follow While the clock fails to sleep So here we are Back where it began And toe to toe I stand In front of you again Again Denial isn't the way to forgiveness You always swore that I was wrong Not again No taste for the crow you feed me Not again It's not a matter of if I care Not again What an intricate web you're weaving Again and again Not again No taste for the crow you feed me Not again It's not a matter of if I care Not again What an intricate web you're weaving Again and again, again Again

Well, I want you to notice To notice when I'm not around I know that your eyes see straight through me And speak to me without a sound I want to hold you Protect you from all of the things I've already endured And I want to show you To show you all the things that this life has in store for you I'll always love you The way that a father should love his daughter When I walked out this morning I cried as I walked to the door I cried about how long I'd be away for I cried about leaving you all alone I want to hold you Protect you from all of the things I've already endured And I want to show you To show you all the things that this life has in store for you I'll always love you The way that a father should love his daughter Sweet Zoe Jane Sweet Zoe Jane So I wanted to say this 'Cause I wouldn't know where to begin To explain to you what I have been through To explain where your daddy has been So I want to hold you Protect you from all of the things I've already endured And I want to show you To show you all the things that this life has in store for you I'll always love you The way that a father should love his daughter Sweet Zoe Jane Sweet Zoe Jane

Not really good at just paying attention I'm not very good at remembering things that you say I'm not very good at pursuing redemption Not very good at concealing the hand that I play It's the way I am You'll never change The way I am Or rearrange The way I am Just let me be The way I am It's the way I am I'm not really sure of the coming attractions I'm not really sure of illusions we read on the wall I'm not really sure of the preaching we practice I'm not really sure if we'll notice it before we fall It's the way I am You'll never change The way I am Or rearrange The way I am Just let me be The way I am It's the way I am Not very good at just paying attention Not very good at remembering things I'm not very good at pursuing redemption Not very good at concealing the hand that I play When I'm trying so hard just to beat you I'm not really good at controlling my fate I'm not really good at controlling my anger I'm not really good at subduing my hate I'm not really good I'm not really good I'm not really good It's the way I am You'll never change The way I am Or rearrange The way I am Just let me be The way I am It's the way I am

I think I used to pray I thought it would save me from my hell But what they never say Nobody's God ever saves you from yourself And all my faults Are all my fault And I just want To feel it all Feel it all! Feel it all! How can I face what's under the surface, when nothing is working? How can I break away from the burden? This cycle of hurting I'm still waiting to change I'm still waiting to wake up as someone else At the end of the day I'm too stubborn to get any help And all my faults Are all my fault And I just want To feel it all How can I face what's under the surface, when nothing is working? How can I break away from the burden? This cycle of hurting How can I face what's under the surface, when nothing is working? How can I break away from the burden? This cycle of hurting Away from the burden This cycle of hurting Cycle of hurting!

Can't you see that I'm sick of this? Chances are you're oblivious To how I feel Sitting on your throne And I'm sure that I'm not alone Not alone Not alone Tell me please Who the fuck did you want me to be? Was it something that I couldn't see? Never knew this would be so political, and please I'm still wearing this miserable skin And it's starting to tear from within But it's obvious that doesn't bother you, so please I didn't think that you'd sell me out Now I know what you're all about You might feel in control of things But you're not holding all the strings All the strings All the strings Tell me please Who the fuck did you want me to be? Was it something that I couldn't see? Never knew this would be so political, and please I'm still wearing this miserable skin And it's starting to tear from within But it's obvious that doesn't matter to you I've swallowed all your answers I've swallowed all my pride You've used up all your chances Can't keep this all inside Tell me please Who the fuck did you want me to be? Was it something that I couldn't see? Never knew this would be so political, and please I'm still wearing this miserable skin And it's starting to tear from within But it's obvious that doesn't bother you, so please Don't keep telling me that it's okay I don't buy all the shit that you say And quite honestly I'm fucking sick of it, so please If I cut off this nose from my face Then I wouldn't feel so out of place But it still wouldn't be quite enough for you, so please