Let me tell you about my best friend Well he's got hair down to his knees He gets along fine doing just how he please And I believe that we first met Around three years ago Well it feels like a lifetime funny how fast it goes And I remember how this one time Well I stole his sister's car And he didn't even mind no he jumped in for the ride We'd got miles away from anywhere When the panic soon kicked in We'd got it back safe and sound no one asked us where we'd been Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Let me tell you why his sister Why she didn't second guess She was going out of line putting on her favorite dress And oh by God she knows she's worth it Any boy would tell you so Well a girl like that is worth her own weight in gold Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Now I made a promise to myself once That I would wake up by her side My best friend said that that would be the day I died Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh Ohh Oh Oh

You know when you know You hear that all your life Well whoever they are Turns out they were right Sunshine, the good times Yeah we got a few behind us When the bad times come I ain't gonna run Doesn't matter if it's diamonds or twine I'll be wrapped around your finger Girl, you got me 'til we run out of time Rich or poor, rain or shine The wind's gonna blow wherever it goes And the road is gonna wind Doesn't matter if it's diamonds or twine Forevermore, I'll be yours and you'll be mine When I look at you now I see all I ever wanted You make me wanna hang around And hold your hand, we're a hundred You make love feel so real So simple and honest It's in every breath and every kiss Yeah the thing about you is Doesn't matter if it's diamonds or twine I'll be wrapped around your finger Girl, you got me 'til we run out of time Rich or poor, rain or shine The wind's gonna blow wherever it goes And the road is gonna wind Doesn't matter if it's diamonds or twine Forevermore, I'll be yours and you'll be mine You'll be mine baby It don't matter where or whatever happens Girl I'll still be there It doesn't matter if it's diamonds or twine I'll be wrapped around your finger Girl, you got me 'til we run out of time Rich or poor, rain or shine The wind's gonna blow wherever it goes And the road is gonna wind Doesn't matter if it's diamonds or twine Doesn't matter if it's diamonds or twine Forevermore, I'll be yours and you'll be mine Diamonds or twine

All last summer in case you don't recall I was yours and you were mine, forget it all Is there a line that I could write That's sad enough to make you cry? All the lines you wrote to me were lies Months roll past, the love that you struck dead Did you love me only in my head? There were things you said and did to me They seem to come so easily The love I thought I'd won, you give for free Whispers at the bus stop I heard about nights out in the school yard Found out about you Rumors follow everywhere you go Like when you left and I was last to know Well, you're famous now and there's no doubt In all the places you hang out They know your name, they know what you're about Whispers at the bus stop I heard about nights out in the school yard Found out about you I found out about you Street lights blink on through the car window I turn too often on AM radio Well you know it's all I think about I write your name, drive past your house Your boyfriend's over, I watch your lights go out Whispers at the bus stop I heard about nights out in the school yard Found out about you I found out about you These whispers at the bus stop I heard about nights out in the school yard Found out about you I found out about you Found out about you Your boyfriend's over, I watch your lights go out (Found out about) Your boyfriend's over, I watch your lights go out (Found out about you) Your boyfriend's over, I watch your lights go out (Found out about you) Your boyfriend's over, I watch your lights go out

This is the last time that I sit Down at the place where we first kissed And today is the last day that I come Back to the first place we made love You call it madness thinking my heart could be your home 'Cause you can't imagine giving yourself to the unknown To the unknown But you still sail on the water I guess you only see what you wanna You still sail on the water I asked you once baby will we last You said I'm only sure of what's in the past So I guess it's the last time I believe That a man like you would never leave You call it madness thinking my heart could be your home 'Cause you can't imagine giving yourself to the unknown To the unknown But you still sail on the water I guess you only see what you wanna Yeah you still sail on the water You still sail on the water I could play it over a thousand times hit rewind But if I know you baby you're never gonna change your mind

Don't you ever take a stranger's hand Or leave your clothes out in the rain Keep the darks from the lights, hang 'em neatly to dry Don't leave your bed undone, you're not yet free to roam —Pre— Keep your sisters in your hearts Your little brothers in your arms And don't you forget the way home —Ch— Don't turn your hearts against me now 'Cause my love's spread so thin Of you there are many and me I'm just me And my love's spread so thin, so thin —V2— Through a mother's eyes it's a big bad world It ain't a pretty place for all my pretty little girls So when I tell you no, when I hold you back There's a good reason why, you must know that —Pre— —Ch— —Br— Mama teach me how to cook, I need to feed my family some day Mama teach me how to sew, the clothes on my back may be the best friends I'll have Mama teach me how to trust, I wanna love a man some day Mama teach me how to hold my tongue And learn to just wait for the world to just turn

I check each day Rosemary vine, where is your root? It's hard coming home to everything, you know? It's going to grow if it wants to grow Thought that I would never get over him Put a little honey in my dandy blend I thought that I would never get over him Put a little honey in my dandy blend I tried to forget I might as well pretend that it was only a dream Beautiful dream Dusty window pane "When life is making you strain" Oh, there was a time he would reach for me Thought that I would never get over him Put a little honey in my dandy blend I thought that I would never get over him Put a little honey in my dandy blend I didn't think I'd have to ever say He was the one that got away Thought that I would never get over him Ooh (I can't mean nothing to you I take you with me, do you?) Why won't he remember what I used to say? It's only a dream to me now anyway Thought that I would never get over him Put a little honey in my dandy blend I thought that I would never get over him Put a little honey in my dandy blend I didn't think I'd have to ever say He was the one that got away Thought that I would never get over him Ooh (Right ear) Never get over him Honey in my dandy blend (Left ear) I can't mean nothing to you I take you with me, do you? Never get over him Honey in my dandy blend I can't mean nothing to you I take you with me, do you? Never get over him Honey in my dandy blend

What is today What is my name And where has all the time gone Just yesterday I could proudly say That I knew right where I belong In my hour of prayer In the dark somewhere calling Who did you leave me for And who did you leave for me I cannot see Why this troubles me There is real love all around When can I be free When does the sadness leave When will what I lost be found In my hour of prayer Out in the dark somewhere calling Who did you leave me for And who did you leave for me